Date: Fri Nov 1 13:55:34 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Instructor Comments:
April,
Please write a note to this studnet asking her to submit an answer for the problem.
Dr. Bowers
Date: Fri Nov 1 18:15:09 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Answer(or question to Mentor): April, I am sorry. I do not get this problem. I have tried many times btu I really do not suceed. i can no tget an answer that i think is resonable. First i got 1/4. Then I kept getting 3/4. I am not sure how to work this problem. If you understand will you please help me? -thanx brianna-
Date: Fri Nov 1 18:18:04 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Answer(or question to Mentor): I forgot to put what the label was. I kept getting 1/4 of the surge covering. Then I kept getting 3/4 of the surg ecovering i am not sure. Bye -Brianna-
Date: Sun Nov 3 21:11:53 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Mentor Reply: Hello Brianna. The question is challenging; I'm glad to see you tried to solve it. The question is asking about the storm surge in 2002, but you have to use the infromation given about 2000 first and then use that information to solve the problem. I used a picture to solve the problem. My picture showed how far the pole went underground, how much was covered by water, and how much was above water. I hope to hear from you soon.
April
Date: Mon Nov 4 08:45:40 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Instructor Comments: April,
Your opening is excellent, just the right tone. Your hint is good as well, but, based on the student's first comment, a bit more help might be needed in her case. First, you might want to suggest that she draw two diagrams, one for 2000 and 1 for 2002. Then, I would like you to address her questions directly. You could say that you labeled your 2000 diagram to show that 1/4 of the pole was below ground, and that meant that 3/4 was above the ground. Then, out of the 3/4 that was above the ground, 1/3 was covered in water. Now, that led you to see that 2/3 of the pole above the ground was not covered in water, and you labeled that 5 feet. I think this might help give her a more clear picture of how to start, because she will have less time at this point.
Does this make sense?
Dr. Bowers
PS: You also have a spelling error: infromation (I realize that I had a spelling error in my first response to you, and so telling you that you do is somewhat hypocritical. However, I have to write over 100 of these, and you only have to write 3, so I hope you will understand.
Date: Mon Nov 4 14:41:30 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Answer(or question to Mentor): Hi April, thank you for those tips. I will try to solve it again, then I will get back to you. thanx -brianna-
Date: Thu Nov 7 18:44:03 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Answer(or question to Mentor): Hey April, i thinki fiqured it out but I am not sure. i am going to try and solve it one more time and the i will write to you. I think i have your picture but I am not sure. It helps a lot. Thanx -Brianna-
Date: Tue Nov 12 08:17:45 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Mentor Reply: Hi Brianna, thanks for submitting an answer. Try making two diagrams, one for 2000 and one for 2002. For the 2000 diagram label 1/4 of the pole below ground, so 3/4 of the pole is above ground. Of the 3/4 above ground 1/3 of that is covered with water. So 2/3 is not covered by water and the part not covered with water equals 5 feet. The diagram for 2002 is drawn similarly. I hope these clues helped and I look forward to reading your response. April
Date: Tue Nov 12 17:29:59 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Mentor Reply: Hi Brianna. Here are the answers to last weeks problem: a) 5.625 feet , b) 1.875 feet. There is a new problem of the week posted and I hope to read your response soon. April
Date: Wed Nov 13 11:35:27 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Mentor Reply: Hi Brianna. I hope you're doing well. This weeks problem is really fun and I look forward to reading your response. April
Date: Thu Nov 14 16:07:02 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Answer(or question to Mentor): Hi April, I got one of the problems and I am still working on the others. I got 126 grams of fat for the firsrt one. I did this because since there is 9 calories in each fat then I timesed 9 by 14 and gto 126. I am about 90% sure with this answer. I can't wait to hear from you again. I would love to see what you got.
You can call me Bri.
-Bri-
Date: Sun Nov 17 18:07:26 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Answer(or question to Mentor): THe answer to nuber 1 is 126/2000. The answer to number 2 si 126 grams of fat. Can't wait to hear from you!-bri-
Date: Sun Nov 17 18:12:23 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Answer(or question to Mentor): Scratch the last one. It is 195/2000 of the rda. THe cheeseburger is 126/2000. I do no tknow the percentage. maybe you could help. I would really appreciate it. THank you a lot!!!!!!!!!!! -Bri-
Date: Sun Nov 17 20:39:24 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Mentor Reply: Hi Bri and how are you? There are 126 calories from the fat, but the first question asks how many total calories (calories from fat, carbohydrates, and protein) has she now ingested. You already know there are 126 calories from fat, now just solve how many are from carbohydrates and protein. Add the calories from the fat, carbohydrates, and protein together and put the sum over 2000. You can leave the answer as a fraction. I look forward to reading your response soon. April
Date: Tue Nov 19 14:23:51 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Mentor Reply: Hi Brianna. Hope you're doing well. Let me know if you have any more questions. April
Date: Wed Nov 20 14:46:48 PST 2002
Student's Name: Brianna
Instructor Comments: April,
First, I am so happy to read that things are going well with your student. She is obviously very pleased with your help, which means you are doing a great job!
I would say that your answer to her is good, although it is a bit too good. I like what you said at first, but then telling her to put the total calories 'over 2000' is really giving away the answer. So, I would just say, 'once you have computed the total calories, how can you figure out what fraction of 2000 that number is?' or something like that. Also, encourage her to consider expressing her answer as a percent so that if she is unsure about percents, you might be able to teach her.
Dr. Bowers
