- Most people felt that the use of the large prism shapes was a good idea especially when unfolding the shapes to flatten them. However, some felt introducing all shapes at once was a little confusing and also 1 person felt they were distracting because I was fiddling with it.
- Most people like the hands on exercise but felt that the instruction of the exercise could have been much clearer. We had decided not to use specific numbers, but almost all responses said we should have included the actual numbers.
- Most people felt that there was not enough connection to the real world. Our real world examples were not convincing enough.
- Lastly, there were mixed views on how engaging the presentation actually was. This seemed to be pretty split amongst the respondents.
My self reflection on the lesson was that I was disappointed and felt I could have done better. We should have really had a more real world example up front. The model would have been a good way to explain the surface area, but I did think it ended up being a distraction. Also, the lack of concrete measurements for the hands on exercise was a mistake. In summary, it was a good learning experience. We worked well as a team.
I appreciate your honest comments, Donna. i do like the idea of building a village -- and of calculating the amount of paint, gold or chocolate it would take to cover each prism! That makes for some interesting and memorable imagery. I'm glad that this was a good learning experience, in terms of both how the good parts went and how you would improve it.
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