Introduction:
Hi. Welcome to my portfolio. My name is Gabi and I am in tenth grade. This portfolio contains the definition to the eight habits of a mathematician. These eight habits are defined below.
Justify/support: Having evidence and being able to explain that evidence.
Experiment and play: Trying different options and having an open mind. When no directions are given, play around and think differently. There are no mistakes.
Be confident and persistent: Have faith in yourself, don't give up. Confidence gives you the ability to try something and persistence gives you the ability to not give up.
Be systematic and organized: Organize your work. Being systematic helps discover patterns.
Conjecture and test: test theories and options, have ideas and test them. Guess and check method.
Solve simpler related problems: Start small, break it down, step by step. Make simpler versions of what you are doing.
Create rules (generalize): Find an applicable equation for a set. Create general ideas that apply to all situations.
Look for patterns and regularity: Look for patterns and try to find regular occurrences.
Justify/support: Having evidence and being able to explain that evidence.
Experiment and play: Trying different options and having an open mind. When no directions are given, play around and think differently. There are no mistakes.
Be confident and persistent: Have faith in yourself, don't give up. Confidence gives you the ability to try something and persistence gives you the ability to not give up.
Be systematic and organized: Organize your work. Being systematic helps discover patterns.
Conjecture and test: test theories and options, have ideas and test them. Guess and check method.
Solve simpler related problems: Start small, break it down, step by step. Make simpler versions of what you are doing.
Create rules (generalize): Find an applicable equation for a set. Create general ideas that apply to all situations.
Look for patterns and regularity: Look for patterns and try to find regular occurrences.
Recognizing myself as a mathematician
One strength I have in this class is being systematic and organized. I think that it is really important to be organized not only in math, but also outside of class. I think it is important to be organized in math because if you are working on a problem, and you aren't writing neatly, you could lose the answer or you could not understand your work later when you try to go back and look at the problem. It is important to be systematic while doing a problem because if you go out of order, you could accidentally miss something or get easily confused. This is a strength I have in this class and I think it is a very important one.
A goal I have in this class and as a mathematician is to be more confident. I think that I do not always share as often as I can. I can do this by participating more. I can try to speak out more and share my ideas with the class instead of just my table. This is a goal that I really need to focus on in order to understand math more and really engage myself in the class.
A goal I have in this class and as a mathematician is to be more confident. I think that I do not always share as often as I can. I can do this by participating more. I can try to speak out more and share my ideas with the class instead of just my table. This is a goal that I really need to focus on in order to understand math more and really engage myself in the class.