For this assignment, I had to work in a group of 4. We had to compose and prove a hypothesis via research by surveying our fellow students. We brainstormed ideas to each other and came up with a series of questions that can help confirm our hypothesis. I demonstrated Social Awareness Responsibility and Creative Thinking in this project. I was able to comfortably work with my peers and contribute ideas. I was able to come up with questions and participated on making the final report. I was able to support the group by respecting their opinions and attentively listening to their ideas as well as build on the ideas of others. In this assignment, I was also able to showcase Collaborating Skills. For most of the time, I took the initiative to speak up first. I took my role seriously and did my tasks properly and punctually. In the end, I managed to be able to work harmoniously with my peers and in return, we were able to receive a grade that we were satisfied with.
The first time I tried this problem, I made the mistake of only expanding the left side of the equation. Then, I attempted several wrong ways to solve the problem because I was uncertain of what to do with the number in front of the coefficient. I noticed that I was not getting anywhere and at last I searched for the practice key found on OneNote. I still had a hard time grasping the steps and later consulted the help of the app Photomath to further understand the question and learn the steps. The steps shown were still not enough for me to understand and eventually lunch came. It took my friend explaining rules like “what you do on one side of the equation you must do to the other” and the entirety of lunch for me to finally understand how to do it. Me and my friend did it together and in the end, I answered more questions similar to the given to better understand the topic. Next time when I encounter a difficult problem, I might try to think of the past topics we’ve talked about to check if the rules used in previous lessons can be applied to a the recent one.
