WEEK 3
Blending Into
This was the third week of my
campus life. After communicated directly with classmates and read their slogs
on the website, I found bunch of approaches that I can use, which were workable
and assisted me to learn better in this course. For instance, Ji Yong Choi chose to pick a set in the
front (from http://165choi.blogspot.ca/2014/09/entry-1.html),
which I thought it’s a good idea to focus on what the professor teach and to take
advantage of the limited class time efficiently. Besides, yojello wrote that
she insisted spending time after class to review professor's annotated slides
and to make additional notes she had written (according to http://165slogs.blogspot.ca/2014/09/slog-week-1.html).
This method helped me a lot, because it solidified the knowledge I learnt
immediately, helped me memory them and encouraged me to get a better
understanding. Most importantly, it explored the problem I have so that I could solve it in time rather than delaying it.
What I Learnt and Hardship
This week, we continued on math
language (conjunctions, disjunctions, negations, truth table and manipulation
rules). I began to know how to transfer an English statement into symbolic form,
and the difference between math language and English in reality, especially for
conjunctions and disjunctions.
For example:
In English, what we are accustomed to use “and” to express,
should use the symbol “or” in math language.
What I found difficult is how to master so much manipulation rules and do not mix them up. I knew it’s a better way to understand them instead of just memorizing. Therefore, I used truth table to express both sides of these laws, and then matched them, which drew a clear picture of the laws for me, and imprinted them in my mind.
Interesting Part
We did the folding experiment in
this week. At first, my friends and I just imaged it and wrote the outcomes on
the paper. However, then professor encouraged us to do it on the real paper. We
experimented for different situations from once to n times. The more we did, the
clear picture it showed. This process was interesting and impressive, and also
inspired me to use flexible methods to solve problem. When I went back to home
and recalled it, I searched some videos and instructions about this experiment,
and had a better understanding on this.
# These related videos are worth of watching, I would like
to share with you:
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