Name: Quinsayas, Jhoe Art A.

Subject/Section: CE413/BUILDING DESIGN 2

Professor: ENGR. KATHLEEN TUMAMPOS

REFLECTION PAPER
(CMATS)
Honestly, for me, Cmats is one of the most difficult subject among our subjects I
have taken all throughout my college life as an Engineering student. This semester has
really been a roller coaster ride for me because of the pressure that we have
experienced since we are already in the higher year and we are a step closer to
reaching our dreams.

Before anything else, I would like to share that this course really twisted my head
as it requires knowledge on other engineering subjects that we have already taken.
Oftentimes, I tend to forget what to do because I have been very nervous every time I
answer assessment tasks like quizzes and examinations which has resulted me to
panic. I think I have to work on how to remain calm and focus upon seeing the
questionnaires.

Fortunately, the Teaching and Learning Activities like MS Excel presentations,

handouts, critical thinking activities, exams, quizzes and assignments have helped me a
lot especially the handouts because it is easier to understand but one problem I see is
that sometimes, there has been a confusion because the way of answering the
questions in the critical thinking activities is somewhat different from the book. Other
than that, the handouts have been really helpful when it comes to the learning of the
students. I would also like to commend the way how our professor have thought the
topics through using MS Excel Presentation because we can really see how the solution
works because MS Excel has formula-based functions unlike other presentations such
as MS PowerPoint wherein the solution is only flashed on every slide.

Lastly, the quizzes and exams in this course have been very consistent in terms
of the level of difficulty. The questions are really tricky which made my head “twistedly-
twisted”. After answering every assessment tasks, I felt like I was already drained. I
understand that it is for us to be fond of answering difficult questions because same or
even more difficult questions will be given to us as we take the board exam. I just hope
that we have ample time to discuss the difficult questions though we are not able to
thoroughly discuss every question because of time constraints like suspension of
classes.