Personal Concern and Next Steps

Thus far, I have found the class quite interesting. However, I do have a couple of concerns. The first one is that the terminology is going to go straight over my head and I am going to be lost all semester. Everything seems so particular, for example from today’s class there are expectations, standards, and focal points. They all so sound so similar to me. My problem solving strategy for this though is quite simple, I need to spend more time focusing on figuring out the differences and if I still do not understand them then I need to talk to someone else and get some extra help. My other concern is that I won’t understand the new style of teaching since I grew up learning the old style mathematics. The only solution I see for this is to simply try as hard as I can and just try to adjust my thinking in a different manner and hopefully learn from the modeling that goes on during the class period. Overall, my concerns are not huge, but I still need to address them soon.
*Amanda