Monday, March 7, 2011

RRJ#6

Reference:
Gillis, R. (2011 March 3). Gillis sets out needed improvements in bid for school committee. South Coast Today. Retrieved 5, March 2011 from http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110303/PUB04/103030417/-1/pub04

Summary:
This article talks about retired mathematics teacher who is a candidate for the Middleboro School Committee. He has gotten a bachelor and master degree in mathematics and he has a lot of the experiences and skills. He is seeking the things which improve the work in the schools. Moreover, he said that there are three things that would help to improve the school: accountability, believability, and community.
Reaction:
In this article it talks about retired mathematics teacher who is a candidate for the Middleboro School Committee. I was very interested when I read this article. Although the article does not talk about the content of mathematics, it is very important to read it. The accountability, believability, and community are very necessary to improve every major. For example, the accountability maintains the rights of students who face injustice by some teachers. The believability is very important in our lives. However, the author did not explain "what does the believability mean in the school life?" The community has a big influence on the students. For instance, the family is able to help their children to improve their educational level. I completely agree with him when he talked about the influence of community. If I were American, I would give him my vote.  

Thursday, March 3, 2011

RRJ#5

Reference
Abouloa, M. (2011, February 28). Doing the Math. Saudi gazette. Retrieved 27, February 2011, from http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2011022394429
Summary
The article talks about a math teacher who is teaching visually-impaired students. The visually-impaired students faced problems with their visual disability and the old tools. So, the teacher tried to discover new tools to help them. She started the research about a tool to help the visually-impaired students. In the end, she has invented the loot of math that eases the learning for the visually-impaired students.
Reaction
In this article it talks about a math teacher who is teaching the visually-impaired students. I was very happy with this article because it showed how the teacher was able to overcome the difficulties of education. The article showed the problem of visually-impaired students with old tools. And also, it showed the solution for this problem. When the author mentioned that the teacher said, "Some of these tools contain material that is toxic and can be penurious for the students", I asked myself about these harmful tools "what are they?" It was very useful if she told us about them to avoid them. However, the author was obviously she talking about tools that are  in the market that involve quality, cost, and security. However, I was very glad when the visually-impaired students struggle to learn the mathematics. I was very interested in this article because it talks about the problem that was solved. In addition, I admire the teachers who achieve their goals in their life.

Monday, February 28, 2011

RRJ#4


Reference:
Lane, R. (2011, February 4). Students Find the Fun in Math, Science. Times- Georgian. Retrieved 19, February 2011, from

Summary:
The article talked about the teachers who teach their students by entertainment. The school included the teachers of math and science. The teachers were able to make the students very happy. For example, the teacher of physical science made the student sit on the chair, and balance on a board with a rubber bubble under it. And another example, the teacher of math used a smart board in her classroom. The students were very happy.

Reaction
In this article it talks about entertaining meet between the teachers and the students. I was very happy with this article because it encourages the other teachers to use entertainment in education. This article explains that the students delight when they learn by entertainment. When I was teacher, I was teaching my students by entertainment. I know that the teaching by entertainment takes a long time to prepare, but we should use it to attract and teach our students in an entertaining way. For example, I divided two groups and every group contains three students, I asked every group to take three papers which are similar, and I asked them to arrange themselves to make the number which I asked. The teaching by fun teaches the students easily. Although math is very difficult, the students will accept and like it because they study by fun. The author covered all of what was happening in the meeting. Moreover, he could be able to give us some obvious examples about the section of physical science. However, he did not write obvious examples about the math. Because the heading was written about math and science, I expected that the article would be about math more than science. Finally, the article was very interesting because it encourages the teachers to use the entertainment with teaching.   

Monday, February 14, 2011

RRJ#2

Reference: 
Glenn, C. ( 2011, January 27 ) Seasonal Affective Disorder: The Birth of the Blues. Retrieved 27, January 2011, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glenn-c-altschuler/the-birth-of-the-blues_b_813509.html


Summary:
This article discusses the relationship between seasons of the year and the moods of people. The author explains what kinds of disorder a person has when he faces different seasons of year or different events. Moreover, the person is affected by the time and special events. For example, the fall season makes the person feels hopeless. And another example, birthdays and holidays make the person be more hopeful. Finally, the parts of year and particular occasions make the human reacts to every situation in his life.

Reaction:
This article talks about the relationship between the season of year and humans. In fact, there is close correlation between the season of year and humans. I am happy with this article because when I read the heading of the article I expected that I would find a lot of scientific information in it. The author just showed what is happening with humans in the parts of the year and some occasions in his life. If the author wrote how it is happening, it would be great. The author should give the reader information about what is the thing that makes the person affected by the season of year is. On the other hand, the author should give the reader what is happening inside the body of humans ( psychological side). When I was reading the article, I was asking myself these questions; what is the main reason that makes the human change his current situation to another situation?  Another question is, how is the immune system affected? And this question is cells inside the body of human harmed? In fact, I asked these questions because as we know the human has physical and psychological sides. I am satisfied with this article because it lets me know that there is a strong relationship between the season of year and the events of humans. 

Friday, February 4, 2011

Reading Reaction Journal #1

Reference:
Singah, M. (2010, Sept 21). Math Is Not Hard?. Retrieved 30, January 2011, from
http://www.articlesbase.com/tutoring-articles/math-is-not-hard-3357928.html
Summary:

 This article discusses the difficulties which face the students in Mathematics classes because they did not know the basic subjects of mathematics. Mathematics has very interrelated themes and if the student misses one of these themes he will face a problem to solve questions of mathematics. So the students always say mathematics is very difficult. Mathematics is very easy if you have the necessary information about mathematics.
Reaction:
My major is mathematics, so I was interested in this article. The main reason that makes me glad in reading this article is the encouragement that makes the students change their bad opinion about mathematics. The author tries to treat the psychological side of students when he says, Math Is Not Hard? . Although the students have a scientific problem, I think the best way to solve any problem is that we should solve the psychological problems before we solve scientific problems. Afterward , the author talked about the solution of scientific problem, which is that we should study mathematics step by step. So I was interested in this subject, but there is another problem, which is how can the teacher reach information to students easily ?. The author did not explain the relationship between the teacher and his process. The answer for above question depends on the skills of the teacher. When I was a teacher in mathematics and when I received questions from my students, I was changing my way to teach them. Finally, I was very happy because I found a person who encourages the students to learn mathematics in smart way.