Art Studio 11 Core Competency Self-Assessment


This is the final project and the favourite piece I created in the art course. I use acrylic paint on the canvas to create my work of art. I get my ideas from the concept of protecting the environment and relate it with some traditional culture of my community. I forced creative thinking skills into this piece. I developed my creative thinking skill this semester. I can know where to start and stretch for new ideas. It is a good improvement as creative thinking is a helpful and important skill for creating works of art.

Core Competency Self Reflection (Self Regulation)

1. Do you tend to be interoceptive or exteroceptive?  Why do you think that?  

I tend to be interoceptive. Being interoceptive can be more forceful in what I am doing. It is hard for me to concentrate. I am easily affected by the sound or things happening around me. I want to challenge myself and make myself more focused on one area.

2. What type of meditation would be best for your personal growth?

I think interoceptive meditation would be best for my personal growth. As I can not concentrate on myself, my brain will naturally pull out on other things by noise. I am easily distracted. I need to go against what my brain would naturally do at the moment to challenge myself. At this time, the meditation practice can invoke more neuroplasticity and more shift in brain states. When we are doing challenging stuff, we will learn from it and improve ourselves.

3. What type of breathing would be best for you to do during your meditation? 

Slow cyclic breathing is the best type of breathing for me to do during my meditation. I can feel relaxed when I extend the time of inhaling and exhaling.

4.What type of breathing would be best for calming you down

As I do not do meditation and breathing often, the answer is not obvious as I think. I learned something during this podcast about the answer to this question. When we are feeling nervous, extending the exhale relatively to the inhale, or event that makes them active exhales is going to shift our nervous system in a direction of more calm.

Favorite Recipe

Eggs Benedict

Making and Sharing Reflection

MAKING

These Eggs Benedict uses the poached method for the egg. Adding acids to the water can help to keep the egg together. In the scones, we use cold butter to cause flaky layers.The hollandaise Sauce brings out the creamy flavours in the eggs and scones. The production standards of Eggs Benedict are egg hollandaise, yellow, buttery and creamy. 

SHARING

My partner and I are enjoying the finished product. We use our creative thinking skills and communication skills to help us with design and planning. In future labs, I hope the open-mind thinking skills can help us think outside the box and be more creative. My partner’s individual and collaboratively abilities are both good. They can work individually to get their job done and be very patient in the cooperative workspaces.

Core Competency Reflection

Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen when I need help. I will talk to my partner to confirm my steps are doing right. Before starting the labs, we will make a plan and make sure each other job.

If there is disagreement within the group, I find it helpful to discuss it together. We can even ask the group that is nearby. We get advice from other people. We need to figure out the solution and what is correct, to make a consistent answer.

When I need to work collaboratively with people I do not know well, I communicate with them and make a plan. Confirm each other’s job and then help to prepare ingredients.

As an active listener, I notice that I rarely speak in the group. My goal is to improve my communication skill. Have more discussions in the group, to share my ideas. By reaching this goal, I will try to join the chat once my groupmate is having it.

Graphing a Parabola

My Quadratic equation:

Standard parabola in read: y=x ^2

Parabola in blue: y=a(x-h)^2+k

The “a” value: In this equation, the a value is -1/3. If the a value is less than 0 (that means the number is negative) the parabola will face downward. This parabola is wider than the standard parabola because the a value is less than 1, as it is a function.

The “h” value: In this equation, the h value is -5. When the h value has been subtracted in the equation, it makes the parabola shift horizontally to the right.

The “k” value: In this equation, the k value is -4. A negative k value makes the parabola shift vertical down. If the k value is positive, the parabola will shift up.

Significance:a, h and k values give a different forms to the parabola. They can decide the parabola is facing down or facing up; shift left or shift right; shift up or shift down.

Self-Assessment:

1. Give an example from this assignment where you represented the same mathematical idea in three different ways? (for example, as agraph, an equation and in words)

The equation of parabola is written. There is a picture of my parabola and standard parabola graph by using the DESMOS. I explain in word about how the a, h and k values make the different then the standard parabola.

2. Give an example from this assignment where you used mathematical vocabulary to demonstrate your understanding.

I use the mathematical vocabulary like: shifts, parabola, vatical, horizontally to help me better describe in this assignment.

3. Give an example from this assignment where you used formatting to share the information in a clear and organized way.

First, I use two colors to distinguish the standard parabola and my parabola. Second, The explanation is clearly written in sentences and list. I also bold the important words.

Core Competency goal setting

Critical Thinking

I would like to set my first goal as the critical think in the first semester. Critical think is very important for our learning. It can help me better understand and learn. We need to have our own idea to solve the problem. This skill is practicing our analyzing skill for how to fine a way to solve the problem. We need to keep open mindedness, to look and understand the same question from a different side and different way.

Communication

I hope I can practice my communication skill as my second goal in the first semester. I want to develop my communication skills. As I am not a speaking person, I hope I can be more confident to communicate with other people. Can be able to use this skill well in a group work or group project. To communication with the partner is very important, so learn how to communication is very important too.

Creative thinking

The third goal that I set is creative thinking. Creative thinking skill is very important for me as I love drawing. I need to practice this skill to help me get more idea and be more creative when I am creating art works. This is very important. As a work of art can reflect what kind of person you are and what’s your personality be like. I need to practice how to find a way to help me get more and more inspiration for my creation.