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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