I'm fairly new to "blogging" and the instructions on the hand-out seemed to give some freedom in how this is written so I'm not sure if how I am going to go about writing this is okay.
My first impressions of the class having gone through one and a half weeks of it are mostly positive. Of course my opinion on the course may change as the weeks go by but I hope they do not. I found myself thinking "Yes . . . that makes so much sense" throughout the lectures we have had so far be it from the first day when Danny was explaining the marking scheme or the last lecture on Monday where we learned more about quantifiers. Looking at things I would not normally think about in terms of code and how it would execute or return given certain arguments ( i.e. the empty set) is strangely compelling for some reason.
I would consider myself a logical person for the most part so being able to express that using the language we encountered in the lectures, particularly the notation some of which I had not seen before and some of which I had previously learned about but were brought to the foreground of my mind again. for example, I had not seem some of the notation for universal and existential claims before but I encountered the universal "upside-down A" notation in my Linear Algebra class and now have a short-cut for note taking. Moreover, if I need to express the ideas of a claim being universal or existential I now have terms with which to label the claim.
The tutorial test and assignment went well for me I think! Sometimes I find the tutorials for some classes do not so directly relate to the material which we are learning in lecture sometimes and that is frustrating but it does not seem to be the case in csc165. Working in groups in the tutorial is an excellent way to go about doing the assignment as it allows stronger students to learn by teaching the weaker students and the weaker students to learn from the stronger students. I find that one of the best ways to get a better understanding of certain material is through teaching it or explaining it to someone who does not know the material as well, needs clarification, or does not know anything about the material at all.
Definitely not sure if this is enough writing but I feel like it summarizes almost all I have to say about the class one week into it.
This is more than enough writing, no need to worry. All we are expecting is for you to write about your own experiences in this class, and that's exactly what you did.
ReplyDeleteI hope everything keeps making sense, and if not, you know where to find me!
Hey Timo,
ReplyDeletethings are still making sense after the second week. It's strange because some things seem to not make sense when you think about like you would with everyday things (vacuous truth and such) but if you take on a certain mindset it clicks!
*Third week. Time flies!
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