[Taken from my Week 1 HW assignment, cut and pasted here for viewing by ADEPT instructors]

Assignments:

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  • A typed 1-page (or 2 pages at most) Beginning Of Semester Self-Assessment. What are your strengths as a teacher, and what are some areas you'd like to improve as a teacher (of algebra, or more generally, of math)? In addition, briefly address: (i) Your attitudes about math (ii) How comfortable/capable you as a teacher with non-lecture methods (iii) Your level of confidence with mathematics (iv) What are your expectations of yourself in this course (what would you like to challenge yourself to have achieved, by the end of the course)?

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