Project Summary:
Practice adding single digit numbers
Goal:
Get slightly faster at adding single digit numbers
Success criteria (& optional failure criteria):
The at the end of the practice is faster than the time at the beginning of the practice
Big picture goal, why you want to do this, or CF relevance:
Practice small skills, impress friends and family, build up to bigger skills.
Plan:
Go to The Math Worksheet Site.com -- Addition: Numbers up to 20
create a worksheet with random problems
time myself for one sheet of problems(20 problems)
practice for 10 mins
then time myself again after practicing
Context: (optional – fill out or delete the context section)
Sometimes i use math and add numbers for friends or family. I sometimes have to add numbers in a game. I would like to practice adding to have an easier time
Time of first set of 20 random addition problems: 14.59 seconds
After ten minutes of practice: 12.47 seconds
Success criteria (& optional failure criteria):
My time at end of the practice is shorter so I got the success criteria. I think next time I’ll try to check differences between the first and last test. Since the worksheets are random I could get easy questions on the first test and get harder questions on the last. Maybe next time I can take a pic and time myself on the same pic in the end.
Goals:
The time was faster but I don’t know for sure if I got it with the same difficulty.
Other notes:
I might try this one more time try and then practice adding one constant addend and with a random addend. That way the practice is more controlled
Attempt #2:
After practicing, I’m gonna take a picture of the first worksheet I timed myself on, and time myself on that worksheet at the end of the practice.
Time of first set of 20 addition problems: 11.75 seconds
Time of first set of 20 addition problems after practice: 11.39 ( I missed tapping stop on the stopwatch so I think the time is acutally ~11.0 seconds when I actually finished)
Success criteria (& optional failure criteria):
The time at the end of practice was faster than at the beginning so I was successful.
Goals:
You know what I still can’t kind of tell if I’m getting faster at adding single digit numbers, but I did get faster on adding one of the worksheets so that means something.
Other notes:
I thought I was going choke and mess up my adding at the last test, but I felt calmer and saw myself add without trying so hard. That was nice. Going at a consistent pace like that is similar to typing when I think about it.
Attempt #3:
Modifications to the project:
Time of first set before practice: 10.80 sec
Time of first set after practice: 10.42 sec
Success criteria (& optional failure criteria):
The time at the end of practice was faster than at the beginning so I was successful.
Goals:
I think I’m getting faster at adding.
Attempt #4:
Time of first set before practice: 12.78 sec
Time of first set after practice: 13.56 sec
Success criteria (& optional failure criteria):
The time at the end wasn’t faster.
Goals:
Idk about the goal, but I know I’m getting more accurate. I just gotta go at a slower pace.
Other notes:
I noticed trying to get faster at a skill is a lot like trying to get faster at typing. Like you can go slower and be more accurate, and trying to get a faster time is harder and you can make more mistakes.
I was thinking maybe practicing “time” can be a good skill for practice in general. That way you know you cut the time you do a skill by say a tenth of a second instead of just thinking, “oh, im going a little faster” and have it be arbitrary.
Attempt #5:
Time of first set before practice: 12.19 sec
Time of first set after practice: 12.31 sec
Success criteria (& optional failure criteria):
I did not get a faster time, but I know I could go faster. I think I got nervous when timing myself again, cuz when I tried doing the first set a 3rd time without putting pressure on myself I was able to do it 9.91 seconds.
Goals:
I think I’m ok with not going faster for now. I already moved on to adding 1 two digit addend and 1 single digit addend. I’ll make a project it for soon.