Self Assessment
Comprehensive Class Learning Reflection | Calc11A and Calc 11B
Part A: Concept Mastery
Scale: 1 (Do not understand) to 5 (Can teach confidently)
| I. Trigonometry and Circular Functions | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| I can locate and interpret angles on the unit circle | | | | | ✓ |
| I can determine sine, cosine, and tangent using the unit circle | | | ✓ | | |
| I can evaluate circular functions for special angles | | | | | ✓ |
| I can determine the domain of circular functions | | | | | ✓ |
| I can determine the range of circular functions | | | | | ✓ |
| I can identify undefined values (e.g., tangent, secant) | | | ✓ | | |
| II. Conic Sections: Circles | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| I can identify the standard form of a circle | | | | | ✓ |
| I can determine the center and radius from an equation | | | | | ✓ |
| I can graph a circle from its equation | | | | | ✓ |
| I can convert general form to standard form (completing the square) | | | | | ✓ |
| III. Continuity | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| I can determine if a function is continuous at a point | | | ✓ | | |
| I can identify types of discontinuities (removable, jump, infinite) | | | ✓ | | |
| I can justify continuity using limit definitions | | | | | ✓ |
| IV. Differentiation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| I can apply basic differentiation rules (power, sum, constant) | | | | | ✓ |
| I can differentiate algebraic functions | | | | | ✓ |
| I can differentiate transcendental functions (e.g., sin, cos, e^x, ln x) | | | ✓ | | |
| I can compute higher order derivatives | | | | | ✓ |
| I can apply implicit differentiation correctly | | | | | ✓ |
| I can interpret derivatives as rates of change | | | | | ✓ |
| V. Overall Confidence | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| I can connect precalculus concepts to calculus ideas | | | | | ✓ |
| I can solve multi-step problems involving multiple topics | | | | | ✓ |
| I can explain my solution clearly to others | | | | ✓ | |
Part C: Reflection Questions
1. Which topic from calculus did you struggle with at first but now understand better? What changed?
- Trigonometry and circular functions. I was struggling very hard with it as a transferee (culture shock), and now I understand it a bit better.
2. Which topic (from any part of the semester) is still unclear to you? What specifically confuses you?
- SIN COS TAN SIR 😭
3. What learning strategy helped you the most this semester?
- Teaming up and asking questions to math wizards. As a transferee, I am very culture shocked by the intense maths that are used here, OR I just haven’t tried as much as I needed to.
4. What topic in calculus do you want to explore more deeply? Why?
- ALL OF IT AGAIN SIR. As a transferee, I wish I could’ve done better Sir, seeing those scores hurt while knowing that I could’ve done more, YET, doing less than I needed to. The one time I DID try, was getting the passing score, WHICH FELT GREAT, it felt AMAZING being able to reach the passing score which only 5 or less were able to, after that, I fell, Sir. I will do better in grade 12 if we somehow still come across paths Sir Pahl! Nothing wrong with your teaching or whatsoever, I understood CLEARLY. I just didn’t try to push myself more which is ironic as a so called “math wizard” from the previous school sir Pahl. Thank you and God bless Sir Pahl!
