CSC165 Week 7-8

The Good

I personally would say that week 7 went well. I understood what was happening in the lectures and the tutorial. In the tutorial I was able to do the exercise with success and the quiz in which I got 1/2 because of a mathematical error on my part. I was quite upset with myself since it was a silly error, but I would rather it be that then me just not understanding. I feel comfortable using the proof structure and proving/disproving. Practice is still needed but gladly I am on the right track. Week 8 was not as good as the previous week, however it was the not a disaster. What I did not understand was the worst case and the bounding of sort slide. I now understand it after asking my tutor to help explain it. A2 was a success in my books, I was able to contribute more on this assignment then I did in the other. To me this is a sign of progress. Number 6 gave me and my group the most trouble since we did not really understand what we needed to do to solve it. I think we got the proof part incorrect, but we did figure out that its was true. Overall I would grade these two weeks a B.  

The Bad

In week 8 I was kind of confused with worst case topic and bounding a sort slides. It was a new topic and I was kinda of busy with my other classes so I was not able to read up more on it. I still now have question on how I use these and what they are for, which I do plan on asking either the prof, a TA, or on of my fellow peers.

Conclusion

To conclude, it was decent two weeks. To continue my success I must not get into a laid back mentality because it is crunch time now. To improve I need to once again ask questions and practice, practice, practice!

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CSC165 Week 5-6

THE GOOD

These two weeks have been good to me, compared to the previous ones. I understood the proof structure and how to make it when proving a question. I found that the prof did a fine job in explaining the proofs in detail, it really helped me.

THE BAD

There wasn't much bad these weeks. The only thing I would say is that I still need to fully understand everything that we have learnt so far. I was kind of upset that I wasn't able to write the first mid term because of the storm, but maybe it was a good thing since I did not feel to confident about the test anyways. 

CONCLUSION

Overall weeks 5 and 6 have been successful in my books, with room for improvement of course. I still need to understand/figure out how to solve more than the basic proofs. To do this I once again need to ask questions and practice practice practice!

CSC 165 Week 3-4

The Good

Week 4 and I am still alive. The reason why I say still alive is because these two weeks were quite a challenge, but this is the good section. The good about this week is that I now understand what was being introduced in terms of negations, conjunctions  dis-junctions  etc. At first, during the lectures I was having trouble understanding because of the speed it was being taught at, but after I sat down and read the notes I understood most of the concepts. I felt that the TA was very good at explaining the exercise questions and answering it in detail. When it came to Assignment one with help from my partner I was able to understand the questions being asked. I did not completely understand question 1d,e, 3d,e which turned out to be the question answered  wrong or not clearly  on the assignment, but other than that I understood the rest. What I liked was that  Venn diagrams and charts were used as visual aids, which helped in the learning process. 

The Bad

These two weeks were not the best to me; during the lectures I did not understand 100 percent,  I did not do to well on the two quizzes, and I needed a lot of assistance from my partner to understand A1. I really don't know what happened during week 3 it was just a bad week for me. The worst thing was that the information taught in week 3 was needed in week 4, causing setbacks. I was mainly having trouble understanding mixed quantifiers and negations fully, translating words into symbols.

Conclusion

To conclude, I feel that I need to ask more questions during my tutorial and visit the Help Centre if I have any questions. I was happy that I was able to answer questions from A1. What I need to do to improve my understanding is to get the answers of the questions I did not understand and try and figure out how to get it. Also read up on the course notes and remember to not be afraid to ask questions.

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