MATH 1302 Discrete Mathematics
Learning Journal Unit 1.
Discrete Mathematics' introduction has been interesting, though kind of confusing but
understood at the long last. The information I did not know before is concerning the atomic and
molecular statements, I mean the categorization of statements into either being atomic or
molecular was a concept I have learnt in this course's introduction. In addition, the concept of
quantifiers, I did not know it before. Not entirely but the details, like what I have come across the
course content in the discrete mathematics textbook.
When it came to set theory and set notations, I previously had a different understanding of the
notation for a subset (⊆) and a proper subset (⊂). I had a contrary believe that the two symbols
can be used interchangeably, until I started learning this course.
The discussion assignment played a very important role in my understanding and learning of the
new concept of this course. The citations and references provided by peers and from you (our
course instructor) provided an extra resources and sources to learn the ideas that are differently
explained, or explained in different perspective other than that of the text book provided.
In addition to the text book provided, I found extra material (textbook) that helped me
understand the quantifiers and set notations; Rosen, K. H. (2019). Discrete mathematics and its
applications. New York, Ny McGraw-Hill Education. YouTube videos similarly helped a great
deal.
Some of the areas I found challenging in the learning materials/content for week 1 has been the
concept of implications. The fact that there are many ways of stating an implication, makes it at
times complicated to comprehend the whole idea of implications, especially involving negations.
I'm however conceptualizing the and appreciating the areas of my weakness and hoping to
improve as I proceed to week 2 and onwards.
Unit 1 has been interactive and with lots of learning of new concepts. So far what I have realized
about myself and my learning style is that I learn best interactively, that is, through consultations
and researching online and via books. Furthermore, I at some point get discouraged when I
realize I'm not comprehending a new concept. However, when I take time off and come back or
ask a friend, the idea that seemed difficult becomes comprehensible.
Lastly, the feedback I received from my peers were positive, encouraging and resourceful. I
never encountered any negative comment. In most cases, what we write do have different tone or
intonation from what we actually say or intend, some of my peers would misunderstand this and
hence believe that an individual is being biased when giving feedback. Otherwise, the whole
experience for week one was great!
Reference:
Rosen, K. H. (2019). Discrete mathematics and its applications. New York, Ny McGraw-Hill
Education.
1|Brian Wanyonyi – University of the People.
Learning Journal Unit 1.
Discrete Mathematics' introduction has been interesting, though kind of confusing but
understood at the long last. The information I did not know before is concerning the atomic and
molecular statements, I mean the categorization of statements into either being atomic or
molecular was a concept I have learnt in this course's introduction. In addition, the concept of
quantifiers, I did not know it before. Not entirely but the details, like what I have come across the
course content in the discrete mathematics textbook.
When it came to set theory and set notations, I previously had a different understanding of the
notation for a subset (⊆) and a proper subset (⊂). I had a contrary believe that the two symbols
can be used interchangeably, until I started learning this course.
The discussion assignment played a very important role in my understanding and learning of the
new concept of this course. The citations and references provided by peers and from you (our
course instructor) provided an extra resources and sources to learn the ideas that are differently
explained, or explained in different perspective other than that of the text book provided.
In addition to the text book provided, I found extra material (textbook) that helped me
understand the quantifiers and set notations; Rosen, K. H. (2019). Discrete mathematics and its
applications. New York, Ny McGraw-Hill Education. YouTube videos similarly helped a great
deal.
Some of the areas I found challenging in the learning materials/content for week 1 has been the
concept of implications. The fact that there are many ways of stating an implication, makes it at
times complicated to comprehend the whole idea of implications, especially involving negations.
I'm however conceptualizing the and appreciating the areas of my weakness and hoping to
improve as I proceed to week 2 and onwards.
Unit 1 has been interactive and with lots of learning of new concepts. So far what I have realized
about myself and my learning style is that I learn best interactively, that is, through consultations
and researching online and via books. Furthermore, I at some point get discouraged when I
realize I'm not comprehending a new concept. However, when I take time off and come back or
ask a friend, the idea that seemed difficult becomes comprehensible.
Lastly, the feedback I received from my peers were positive, encouraging and resourceful. I
never encountered any negative comment. In most cases, what we write do have different tone or
intonation from what we actually say or intend, some of my peers would misunderstand this and
hence believe that an individual is being biased when giving feedback. Otherwise, the whole
experience for week one was great!
Reference:
Rosen, K. H. (2019). Discrete mathematics and its applications. New York, Ny McGraw-Hill
Education.
1|Brian Wanyonyi – University of the People.
