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Group Work in Math

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Pros and cons for group work: Pro, we were very strong in communication and getting everything done on time. Very proficient. Con, the con was the presentation when I accidentally put in the wrong formula, but still got the same answer, also, I had a hard time explaining the math concepts. Answers to 4 of the following Core Competencies: I am clear on the difference between simple “group work” and collaboration as evidenced by… simple group work being that we each did a smaller section to get the big assignment overall. Collaboration being that we worked together and got it all done.

One of the ways I ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to… talk about each thing and make sure everyone is on the same page. If there is disagreement within the group, I find it helpful to… fix the problem and get the others to share their opinions. I show others that I truly value their contributions by… asking for their opinions and asking for their ideas.

What did you learn about working in a group from this semester that you will carry into your next group experience? Collaboration and making sure everyone has equal parts in the assignment. Making sure each person gets a say in what part they take on. And lastly helping each other out.

Musical Performance Reflection

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Small ensemble and solo concert

Curricular Competencies Reflection

During the process of learning a difficult song for the small ensemble and solo performance, I learned many different music techniques. The song me and Lucus played is called Concertino op.107 by Celia Charlemagne. Learning the song, I had to learn how to play thirty-second and sixty-fourth notes. It took great difficulty to accomplish.

Another thing that was complicated was in the allegro section in the song, it had a very repetitive pattern which included a mix of sixteenth notes and thirty-second notes. At first I would slowly work on the section, then speed it up, bety difficult. To this day, I can barely play that one section.

The section that follows it is also very repetitive, but the articulation made it difficult, especially at the pace it was playing. The whole section was dotted sixteenth notes, and then some quick scales thrown in between. If one listened to our performance, you can hear how I could barely keep up with this section, I miss counted it, but luckily it ended okay in the end. I’m glad Lucus and I started practicing and learning the song before we got the assignment, we probably wouldn’t have gotten this far, considering all the memorizing involved.

Core Competencies Reflection

During this project, the core competencie shown is communication. My friend Lucus and I had to work together as often as possible to make this work. The very first time we played it together, it was clear we needed to improve on communication and reverse more. The amount of hours we threw into this song was countless, outside of on our own and together school the few times together, criticizing specific sections, especially the last forty bars of the song. It took many tries to correct and fix the sound and timing of it. I think the final product sounded good.

The skills I learned from this experience is how to put together a song with other people. Growing on communication skills and collaboration. Overall this was a fun experience! This was my first small ensemble amd solo project that wasn’t being interfered by covid19. I hope at my new school we do this project because this was really fun!

Sensation and Perception Experiment

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  • What hypothesis did you come up with for your sensation and perception experiment?  What are your findings? 
  • Hypothesis- If people cannot have physical contact with an object, then it will make it more difficult to recognize the object. On our findings we can to the conclusion that this theory is true, people have difficulty identifying objects when they have a barrier blocking their touch sensation.
  • What core competencies did you demonstrate with this assignment?
  • Communication, as a group we had to express our ideas together. During the actual experimenting process we had to verbally explain and communicate what data we were collecting from our test subjects. As well as learning from the other groups about what their experiments were.