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In article <40925.2B615DB5@puddle.fidonet.org>, Sheila.King@f315.n103.z1.fidonet.org (Sheila King) writes:
|> Dear Christina,
|> 
|> In a message to Carol Hooper you said:
|> 
|> -> I am in Year 5 in Blackalls Public School and I saw
|> -> your message about tests. I do better with all tests
|> -> when I get to school and find out by surprise that they
|> -> are on that day. I do best in maths this way.
|> 
|> That is interesting, that you prefer to have surprise tests rather than
|> scheduled ones. However, I wonder, do you think there might be some kids
|> who have trouble with math, that if they are surprised with a test get
|> so nervous about it that they do poorly. In other words, if they knew
|> the test was coming ahead of time, they might feel less nervous about
|> the test since they had already had a chance to be certain they were
|> prepared, and as a result they do better on the test?

I find that exams are boring because I've solved so many problems
beforehand. But you have to really understand the concepts to work out
a lot of problems and see a lot of different problem scenarios. I like
to work a problem out to the extent that the answer is obvious. I might
just need to write a hint or a procedure for getting the answer. I like
to solve many problems of different types and to see different scenarios
of the same problem type. Definitions of things like addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, positive, negative, number (real, rational,
irrational, natural, integer, imaginary, complex), exponent, function,
relation, set, equality, order, and, or, not, implies, for all, there
exists, operation, solution, prime, factorial, permutation, combination,
probability, etc. should be known by heart. These ideas can be motived
from everyday affairs and applied to these affairs. I see these ideas
as interesting for their own sake, and I generalize on mathematics to
explore new ideas.

-- 

Henry Choy
choy@cs.usask.ca

What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs            This has been brought to 
Rolls over your neighbor's dog?                     you by the numbers 4
What's great for a snack and fits on your back?     and 9 and the letter P.
It's Log, Log, Log!  -- "The Log Song", from            -- Big Bird
                         Ren & Stimpy

Math is tough!       -- Barbie