PreCalculus

Chapter 10 Partner Quiz PreCalculus with Trigonometry

The Chapter 10 Partner Quiz was a quiz covering all of the material in Chapter 10 that was completed by everyone within a group of 3-4 people that sit at the same table. In my case, I was working with Zach Marker, Noah Dversdall, and Tyme Suda. This type of assignment is important because it encourages the sharing of knowledge with others, all while testing the students' knowledge of the subject. This type of quiz always comes right before the Chapter Test, so it is essential to share the knowledge with everyone to do well on the test. The requirements of the partner quiz are simple enough: work with the group and complete all of the questions. It's important to work with the group rather than let one person work and let everyone else copy down the information. The group quiz is a form of studying for the Chapter Test, and should be used to help others improve their knowledge.

The biggest struggle with this group quiz was, well, the whole thing. Group quizzes typically take the entire group and up to 3 days in class to complete. The Chapter 10 group quiz was just one of those group quizzes that made you really apply every bit of math knowledge you had to complete one problem. Usually I don't get too high of scores on group quizzes like that simply because they are really difficult, but for Chapter 10 my group was able to achieve a 29/30.

In this assignment, I used inquiry the most out of all DRSS qualities. I asked myself questions like, "What is this problem asking for?" "What would this situation look like?" and "What formulas or properties should I use to solve this problem?" throughout the entire quiz. In this case, I would define inquiry as asking yourself questions that are useful to the task at hand and using the answers to those questions to solve problems and achieve success. This artifact is the group quiz itself. The quiz was over Chapter 10, which covered conic sections like hyperbolas, parabolas, circles, and ellipses. The first question also covered the distance formula and how to calculate the distance between the corner of a rectangle and an ellipse. This demonstrates my inquiry because I was able to ask questions to myself and to my group members in order to obtain knowledge and learn how to solve problems.