Has anyone done POW 19?

Question

has anyone done POW 19 Pool Pockets and if so how did you do the write up and whow many hits did you manage before the ball went in a pocket

Answer 1

I have not done that........sorry.

Answer 2

Guide for POW 19: Pool Pockets

1.SUBJECT OF EXPLORATION  ( 4 pts)

a.Describe the subject you are investigating

0 – no description provided

1 – A poor, incomplete description of the subject being investigated

2- A complete well written description of the subject being investigate

b.Restate the specific questions in your own words

0 – No questions stated

1 – Questions are copied from text or incomplete

2– Questions are stated in student’s words as questions, and are clear

and concise

2.INFORMATION GATHERING  (8 pts)

a.Describe your initial ideas concerning your questions

0 – No initial ideas expressed

1 - Poorly written/incomplete/vague statement of ideas

2 -Complete and thorough explanation of initial ideas

b.State what happened in each situation you tested

0 – No methods described

1 – Five different 3-digit number sequences calculated

2 –Five different 3 and 4-digit number sequences calculated

4 – 10 different 3 and 4-digit number sequences calculated

c.Provide all notes/calculations

0 – No notes/calculations provided

1 - Poor notes and incorrect or incomplete calculations

2 - Complete notes/calculations with complete and correct

calculations

3.CONCLUSIONS, EXPLANATIONS, AND CONJECTURES (16 pts)

a.Description of general observations

0 – No description of general observations

1 – Limited, poor description of 2 to 3 observations

2 – Satisfactory description of 3 to 4 observations

4 – Three of more thoroughly described observations

b.Description of conclusion you made

0 – No conclusions stated

1 – One to two inappropriate, or poorly stated conclusions

2 – One to two poorly described, appropriate conclusions

4 – Two or more correct and well described conclusions

c.Describe why your conclusions are correct

0 – No description of why conclusions are correct is given

1 – Description(s) are vague, do not make sense, or based on incorrect

assumptions and mathematical concepts/ideas

2 – One acceptable description that is clear and correctly use mathematical

concepts and ideas

4 – Two thorough descriptions that are logical and sequential (step by

step) and correctly use appropriate mathematical concepts and

ideas

d.Description of conjectures

0 – No conjectures given

1 – One to two inappropriate or poorly stated conjectures

2 – Two reasonable conjectures, with limited description

4 – Two reasonable, well described conjectures

4.OPEN QUESTIONS (6 pts)

a.Description of questions that you were unable to answer

0 – No questions stated

1 – One to two questions that did not go beyond the level of

understanding of the POW

2- Two to three satisfactory questions, that had limited discussion

as to why they were not able to answer these questions

4 – Three or more well described questions that went beyond theunderstanding level of the POW and had extensive

discussion of why they were not able to answer them

b. Describe other investigations that could be done in the future

0-No future investigations described

1-One to two poorly described investigations that were not

significantly different from the original investigation

2-Two or more well described investigations that were

Significantly different from the original investigation

5.EVALUATION (8pts)

a. State the difficulty level of the problem (scale of 1-10), explain      

0 - no explanation of level

       1- minimal explanation of level

       2 - Complete and thorough explanation of level selected

b.Describe your personal reaction/opinion to the problem

0 - no opinion or reaction stated

       1 - a minimal statement with little support

       2 - a well discussed statement of opinion/reaction

c.Identify the best/worst parts of the problem

0 - no identification of best/worst parts of exp

      1 - minimal listing of best/worst parts of exp

      2 - Complete and thorough listing of best/worst parts of exp

d.Describe how the problem could have been made better for you

0 – No description on the problem could have been improved

1 – A vague and limited statement how the problem could have been improved

2 - Several, well-support comments and suggestions regarding improvement

6.SELF-ASSESSMENT  (8 pts)

a.Write a one paragraph summary of “what you learned from the problem”

      0 - No summary paragraph

      1. A brief, poorly written summary that demonstrates little understanding of the  problem, its solution and the mathematical ideas and concepts

      2. A fair summary that includes some support, but lacks one or two key points that would have demonstrated understanding of the problem, its solution, and the mathematical ideas and concepts

3. A good summary that demonstrates an acceptable understanding of the problem, its solution and the mathematical ideas and concepts, however could be described in greater detail

       4. A well written summary written that demonstrates a thorough understanding of the problem, its solution and the mathematical ideas and concepts

b.Grade and Justify your work using a self-assessment scoring rubric

0 – Work not graded with rubric

1 – Score values provide with no justification

2 - Score values provide with minimal rational and many/most values not

acceptable based on scoring guide criteria

       3 - Scores values provided with fair/good rationales, but some values not

acceptable based on scoring guide criteria

       4 - Score values provided with strong rationales, all values acceptable

based on scoring guide criteria