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STUDENT1

HowdyMr.Shah, Ihopeyou'rehavingalovely,wonderfulday.Iwasthinking...IwouldreallyliketoreassessSkill#23. ThereasonsIthinkIdidn'tdowellonthatskillare: ImissedseveralclassestovisitCOLLEGEandIgotthenotesfromSTUandcheckedthe courseconferencebutIdidn'treallyunderstandhowtofigureouttheavgROCandthe InstantaneousROC. Sincetheassessment,IhavedonethefollowingspecificthingstomakesureIunderstandtheskill: ImetwithSTUwhoshowedmethattheAvgROCisreallyjusttheslopeandwhenIwas studyingbefore,IjusttriedtomemorizetheformulabutnowIunderstandthatthe numbersinthebrackets,letssay[2,7]aretwoxvaluesandIfigureouttheyvaluesby pluggingitintotheequationandthenusingthenewdataset(sotwosetsofxandy info)andplugitintotheslopefromulaandthisgivesmetheavgroc.Tofindthe instantaneousROC,Iamsupposedtofindaclosereallyclosetothegivenxvalue(soif given2.5,picksomethinglike2.50001,andthingofthemas:[2.5,2.50001]andthenuse thestepsIwouldhaveusedtofindtheavgROC.Ihavepracticedsomeoftheproblems infromthehomeenjoymentandhavepracticedtheproblemsIgotwrongonthetest. Ihopeyou'rehavingalovely,wonderfulday.Iwasthinking...IwouldreallyliketoreassessSkill#24. ThereasonsIthinkIdidn'tdowellonthatskillare: Ididn'tunderstandtheconcepts.Itriedtofindtheslopesofthesecantlinesandorder thembutIdidn'tconsidertheslopesthatwere0ornegative. Sincetheassessment,IhavedonethefollowingspecificthingstomakesureIunderstandtheskill: ImetwithSTUandhetaughtmetheattheInstantaneousVelocityistheslopeofthe tangentlinetoapointsoitdoesn'tactuallyintersect,itjusttouchesit.Imademyown fakegraphandtriedtographthevelocitiesfromleasttomost.Inowknowtostartwith themostnegativeslope,slopeofzeroandpositiveslopes. Ihopeyou'rehavingalovely,wonderfulday.Iwasthinking...IwouldreallyliketoreassessSkill#26. ThereasonsIthinkIdidn'tdowellonthatskillare: IseemedtohavepanickedwhenIsawthisbothtimeswhichisbizarrebecauseIhave hadsomuchpracticewiththisandIdoitallthetime.IwasunsureaboutwhetherI shoulddistributethenegativebecauseIthoughtitwouldbeweirdthattheonlyvalueof wouldthenhavewouldbethe3hbutnowitmakessensebecausethehwouldbe cancelledoutwhenItookthederivativeandIwouldbeleftwith3overthe denominator. Sincetheassessment,IhavedonethefollowingspecificthingstomakesureIunderstandtheskill:

IpinpointedmyerrorsandnowIseewhyImadethemandhavepracticedevenmore rationalizingsothatIdon'tgetfreakedoutwhenIseeitontheassessment.

STUDENT2
HowdyMr.Shah, Ihopeyou'rehavingalovely,wonderfulday.Iwasthinking...IwouldreallyliketoreassessSkill#_66__. ThereasonsIthinkIdidn'tdowellonthatskillare: InthistestImessedupalotonrulesandthetricks.InthePartII,thefirstmistakeI madewasbynotmaking14lefthandedrectangles,Imade7.Inordertofindthebase ofeachtriangleyouhavetosubtracttheintervalsandthendividethatbytheamountof triangles. Sincetheassessment,IhavedonethefollowingspecificthingstomakesureIunderstandtheskill: IreviewedtheproblemwithSTUandwedidtheproblemstepbystep.Idrewthe rectanglesover. Ihopeyou'rehavingalovely,wonderfulday.Iwasthinking...IwouldreallyliketoreassessSkill#_67___. ThereasonsIthinkIdidn'tdowellonthatskillare: IgotconfusedwiththevariablesandIcompletelymessedup.FirsttofindH,whichis thebaseofeachtrianglesyouhavetosubtracttheintervalsanddivideitbytheamount ofrectangles.AlsotofindR,lefthandedis0andrighthandedis1.ThefirstSisthe runningareabeforetheforloopanditalwaysstartsat0,becauseitisbeforethefor loop.Thefirstxisthefirstintervalwhichis1plus1becauseitisrighthanded.Ifitwas lefthandedyoudontaddanything.InordertofindthenextS,youhavetopluginthex totheequationwhichistheheightandmultiplyitbythebase.Andthenrepeatthis processforeachforloop. Sincetheassessment,IhavedonethefollowingspecificthingstomakesureIunderstandtheskill: STUbrokeitdownformestepbystep,andexplainedeveryvariableandtheir significance.Ifeelreallyconfidentwiththisskill.AndI'mgladIknowitnow. Ihopeyou'rehavingalovely,wonderfulday.Iwasthinking...IwouldreallyliketoreassessSkill#_68___. ThereasonsIthinkIdidn'tdowellonthatskillare: Ididn'tunderstandhowtodothis,andIwasn;tthinkingsmart.FirstSTUtaughtmea goodskillistosketchtheinvisiblesideofeachsemicircle.Thenyoustartoffwiththe equationoftheareaofacirclewhichispieR^2.ThenIneededtouseeachintervalto findwhatpieceofthecircleineedtofindtheareafor.Forexampleforthefirstonethe intergralwasfrom(1,3),whichhappenedtobe1/4oftheentirecircle.SoIknew

inordertofindtheareaIjusthadtousetheareaofacircleanddivideitby4which cameuptoPIE.ThenIjusthavetousethistechniqueforeachcircle.Alsoforthelast circleHenryhelpedmerealizethatitwasunderthexaxiswhichmeansitisnegativeso theareawillbenegative. Sincetheassessment,IhavedonethefollowingspecificthingstomakesureIunderstandtheskill: IwentoverthewholeproblemwithSTUandhebrokeitdown,andIredidit.

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