GavinIshiharaWing
Math
December9,2013
TransformationsUnit4CsReflectionQuestions
1. Whatdidyouenjoymostaboutthisunit?
a. InthisunitIlikedhowwetookasimpleideaImsurewealllearnedinelementary
school,butlearneditinanewcomplexway.Thatsoneofmyfavoritethingsaboutmath,
howtherearesomanyreallysimpleideas,butasyoulearnmoreaboutthem,they
becomemorecomplex.Insteadofpeelingbackthelayers,youarekindofputtinglayers
on.
2. Whatwaschallengingaboutthisunit?
a. Ifoundthattryingtomemorizethenotationsforallnineofthetransformationswasmost
challengingduringthisunit.Eventhoughthattherewereonlythreemain
transformations,eachonecontainednotationsforallthedifferentdirectionsitcould
transforminto.
3. Whichofthetransformationsdidyoustrugglethemostwithinthebeginningbutendedup
understandingitattheend?Explaintheprocessandpleasebeasdetailedaspossible.
a. Istruggledmostwithrotations.Rotationsweredifficultforme,becauseitwastheonly
transformationwhereIhadtomemorizeacoupleofdifferentstrategiesandequationsto
transformthepreimageintotheimage.Reflecting90clockwise,and90
counterclockwise,and180andfinallyrotatingdiagonallyallrequiredmetoremember
verysimilarrules,whichIwouldsometimesmessup,butIfinallyrememberedalltheof
thenotationsaftermuchpractice.
4. Whichofthe4Csdoyouthinkyouexemplifiedthroughoutthisunit?Pleaserefertoyour
evidencetopointoutexamples.
a. Ibelievethatforthisunit,Iexemplifiedcourageousnessthemost.Itookriskstofindout
newnotations.Intheofthisunit,IwasdeterminedtoreallytrytolearnnewthingsI
experimentedandIwouldgoaheadoftheclassandseeifIcouldfigureoutwhattodo
beforeitwasexplainedtous.Forexample,whenweweredoingthetranslationand
reflectionclassworks,IgraspedtheideasprettyquicklysoIattemptedtobacksideofthe
sheetwhichwasReflectionExtensionandIwentoveritprettyquickly,butitasked
Whatdoyouthinkhappenswhenyoureflectanimageoveradiagonallineratherthan
overtheaxis?IdrewalittlepictureatthebottomandIknowknowthatreflectingovera
diagonallinethatisy=xwouldjustberotating180.
5. Whereinyourpieceofevidencedidyoudemonstratedeeperlearning(criticalthinking,problem
solving,seeingpatterns,creatingyourownrule)?
a. Ibelievethatduringthelastquestionontheunitassessment,everythingIlearnedabout
transformationsjustcametogetherandIfeltlikeIreallyunderstoodtheunit.The
questionwasthesecondonedownonthepicturebelow.Ihadalreadybeenstruggling
withrotationssowhenIsawthisquestiononthetestIhadtotakeamomenttoreally
thinkaboutwhatthequestionwasaskingandwhatthepicturewasshowingme.
6. Whichofthe4Csdoyouhopetogrowinduringthenextunit?
a. Inthenextunit,Ihopetogrowincommunicative.Ididntgettolearnaboutmynew
tablepartnersasmuchasIwouldveliked.Ihavetalkedtoallthreeofmyothertable
matesbefore,butduringmathweallgotveryquiet.IhopedthatIwouldveaskedthem
questionsaboutwhattheythoughtbecausethereweretimeswhereIsawthemstruggling
andIwasstruggling,butIguesswewerealltooshytoask.