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How should I study for maths? I'm in high school and can't seem to improve math grade [on hold]
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I'm in 12th grade and I have been getting C's in Maths. I studied tons and solved tons of exercises. Not enough?
I'd solved all the exercises as I could do to balance with having a bit of free time. It was enough.
But solving exercises doesn't work.
How should I study?
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I'm in 12th grade and I have been getting C's in Maths. I studied tons and solved tons of exercises. Not enough?
I'd solved all the exercises as I could do to balance with having a bit of free time. It was enough.
But solving exercises doesn't work.
How should I study?
reference-request soft-question self-learning
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For us it's impossible to know your exact situation, and your strengths and weaknesses. Do you know why you got C's and not A's? If I were you, I would look at the problems that I got wrong and study the material that was used to solve those.
– Matti P.
11 hours ago
I'm giving you a link in which a similar situation is being stated and my teacher has answered it. Though it is in context of IIT-JEE but I think it will be useful to you. quora.com/…
– jayant98
11 hours ago
Have you been checking that your solutions are correct and going back to make sure you understand the ones you got wrong? Have you been focusing on understanding rather than rote memorization? Have you been identifying gaps in your understanding of the basics and filling in the gaps? How about going to the teacher to ask for help when you get stuck on a particular problem?
– littleO
11 hours ago
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
4 hours ago
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I'm in 12th grade and I have been getting C's in Maths. I studied tons and solved tons of exercises. Not enough?
I'd solved all the exercises as I could do to balance with having a bit of free time. It was enough.
But solving exercises doesn't work.
How should I study?
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I'm in 12th grade and I have been getting C's in Maths. I studied tons and solved tons of exercises. Not enough?
I'd solved all the exercises as I could do to balance with having a bit of free time. It was enough.
But solving exercises doesn't work.
How should I study?
reference-request soft-question self-learning
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put on hold as primarily opinion-based by José Carlos Santos, Arthur, Jean-Claude Arbaut, xbh, qwr 11 hours ago
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put on hold as primarily opinion-based by José Carlos Santos, Arthur, Jean-Claude Arbaut, xbh, qwr 11 hours ago
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For us it's impossible to know your exact situation, and your strengths and weaknesses. Do you know why you got C's and not A's? If I were you, I would look at the problems that I got wrong and study the material that was used to solve those.
– Matti P.
11 hours ago
I'm giving you a link in which a similar situation is being stated and my teacher has answered it. Though it is in context of IIT-JEE but I think it will be useful to you. quora.com/…
– jayant98
11 hours ago
Have you been checking that your solutions are correct and going back to make sure you understand the ones you got wrong? Have you been focusing on understanding rather than rote memorization? Have you been identifying gaps in your understanding of the basics and filling in the gaps? How about going to the teacher to ask for help when you get stuck on a particular problem?
– littleO
11 hours ago
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
4 hours ago
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For us it's impossible to know your exact situation, and your strengths and weaknesses. Do you know why you got C's and not A's? If I were you, I would look at the problems that I got wrong and study the material that was used to solve those.
– Matti P.
11 hours ago
I'm giving you a link in which a similar situation is being stated and my teacher has answered it. Though it is in context of IIT-JEE but I think it will be useful to you. quora.com/…
– jayant98
11 hours ago
Have you been checking that your solutions are correct and going back to make sure you understand the ones you got wrong? Have you been focusing on understanding rather than rote memorization? Have you been identifying gaps in your understanding of the basics and filling in the gaps? How about going to the teacher to ask for help when you get stuck on a particular problem?
– littleO
11 hours ago
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
4 hours ago
For us it's impossible to know your exact situation, and your strengths and weaknesses. Do you know why you got C's and not A's? If I were you, I would look at the problems that I got wrong and study the material that was used to solve those.
– Matti P.
11 hours ago
For us it's impossible to know your exact situation, and your strengths and weaknesses. Do you know why you got C's and not A's? If I were you, I would look at the problems that I got wrong and study the material that was used to solve those.
– Matti P.
11 hours ago
I'm giving you a link in which a similar situation is being stated and my teacher has answered it. Though it is in context of IIT-JEE but I think it will be useful to you. quora.com/…
– jayant98
11 hours ago
I'm giving you a link in which a similar situation is being stated and my teacher has answered it. Though it is in context of IIT-JEE but I think it will be useful to you. quora.com/…
– jayant98
11 hours ago
Have you been checking that your solutions are correct and going back to make sure you understand the ones you got wrong? Have you been focusing on understanding rather than rote memorization? Have you been identifying gaps in your understanding of the basics and filling in the gaps? How about going to the teacher to ask for help when you get stuck on a particular problem?
– littleO
11 hours ago
Have you been checking that your solutions are correct and going back to make sure you understand the ones you got wrong? Have you been focusing on understanding rather than rote memorization? Have you been identifying gaps in your understanding of the basics and filling in the gaps? How about going to the teacher to ask for help when you get stuck on a particular problem?
– littleO
11 hours ago
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
4 hours ago
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
4 hours ago
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MSE is likely not the right place for such a question, and the answer will vary greatly with your own personality, which we don't know.
There are many unknowns here: what's the goal? Better grades I guess? But why? Do you want to study maths at a higher level, is it what you want or a requirement? Do you even enjoy maths? You seem to want free time: when I was in high school, maths was my free time. I don't want to criticize, I just try to understand how you feel about it.
If you have done tons of exercises, I assume you have the computational skills, but maybe do not see the big picture. Usually exercises are made to help see it, but maybe it's not enough here - and I don't think doing tons of exercises will help, I'd rather do a limited but carefully chosen set of exercises, that help me on specific areas I don't know very well yet. That's why the teacher is here usually : he will choose according to the needs of the classroom.
If you enjoy maths (and even if you don't), I suggest you try to tackle problems you find interesting and hard enough that the solution is not obvious. During your free time, why not? You could start with what is called recreational mathematics as this will teach you much about logic and how to think about problems and more generally about mathematics. You could also try problems from real life (could be applications of geometry and trigonometry, for instance, but not only that).
Apart from that, exercises are certainly a good thing, but you should also be able to understand the proofs. A good habit is to redo the proofs, and to try to change the hypotheses and see what breaks in the proof.
Just my two cents
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Jean-Claude Arbaut
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When you're having trouble with some subject in math, try to watch a Youtube/Khan Academy video of the subject - it has helped me a lot.
Also, often teachers tend to give higher grades to people who say more in class - even if what they're saying is wrong. So, try to say more in class.
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I totally disagree with the last statement.
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MSE is likely not the right place for such a question, and the answer will vary greatly with your own personality, which we don't know.
There are many unknowns here: what's the goal? Better grades I guess? But why? Do you want to study maths at a higher level, is it what you want or a requirement? Do you even enjoy maths? You seem to want free time: when I was in high school, maths was my free time. I don't want to criticize, I just try to understand how you feel about it.
If you have done tons of exercises, I assume you have the computational skills, but maybe do not see the big picture. Usually exercises are made to help see it, but maybe it's not enough here - and I don't think doing tons of exercises will help, I'd rather do a limited but carefully chosen set of exercises, that help me on specific areas I don't know very well yet. That's why the teacher is here usually : he will choose according to the needs of the classroom.
If you enjoy maths (and even if you don't), I suggest you try to tackle problems you find interesting and hard enough that the solution is not obvious. During your free time, why not? You could start with what is called recreational mathematics as this will teach you much about logic and how to think about problems and more generally about mathematics. You could also try problems from real life (could be applications of geometry and trigonometry, for instance, but not only that).
Apart from that, exercises are certainly a good thing, but you should also be able to understand the proofs. A good habit is to redo the proofs, and to try to change the hypotheses and see what breaks in the proof.
Just my two cents
answered 11 hours ago
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MSE is likely not the right place for such a question, and the answer will vary greatly with your own personality, which we don't know.
There are many unknowns here: what's the goal? Better grades I guess? But why? Do you want to study maths at a higher level, is it what you want or a requirement? Do you even enjoy maths? You seem to want free time: when I was in high school, maths was my free time. I don't want to criticize, I just try to understand how you feel about it.
If you have done tons of exercises, I assume you have the computational skills, but maybe do not see the big picture. Usually exercises are made to help see it, but maybe it's not enough here - and I don't think doing tons of exercises will help, I'd rather do a limited but carefully chosen set of exercises, that help me on specific areas I don't know very well yet. That's why the teacher is here usually : he will choose according to the needs of the classroom.
If you enjoy maths (and even if you don't), I suggest you try to tackle problems you find interesting and hard enough that the solution is not obvious. During your free time, why not? You could start with what is called recreational mathematics as this will teach you much about logic and how to think about problems and more generally about mathematics. You could also try problems from real life (could be applications of geometry and trigonometry, for instance, but not only that).
Apart from that, exercises are certainly a good thing, but you should also be able to understand the proofs. A good habit is to redo the proofs, and to try to change the hypotheses and see what breaks in the proof.
Just my two cents
answered 11 hours ago
Jean-Claude Arbaut
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MSE is likely not the right place for such a question, and the answer will vary greatly with your own personality, which we don't know.
There are many unknowns here: what's the goal? Better grades I guess? But why? Do you want to study maths at a higher level, is it what you want or a requirement? Do you even enjoy maths? You seem to want free time: when I was in high school, maths was my free time. I don't want to criticize, I just try to understand how you feel about it.
If you have done tons of exercises, I assume you have the computational skills, but maybe do not see the big picture. Usually exercises are made to help see it, but maybe it's not enough here - and I don't think doing tons of exercises will help, I'd rather do a limited but carefully chosen set of exercises, that help me on specific areas I don't know very well yet. That's why the teacher is here usually : he will choose according to the needs of the classroom.
If you enjoy maths (and even if you don't), I suggest you try to tackle problems you find interesting and hard enough that the solution is not obvious. During your free time, why not? You could start with what is called recreational mathematics as this will teach you much about logic and how to think about problems and more generally about mathematics. You could also try problems from real life (could be applications of geometry and trigonometry, for instance, but not only that).
Apart from that, exercises are certainly a good thing, but you should also be able to understand the proofs. A good habit is to redo the proofs, and to try to change the hypotheses and see what breaks in the proof.
Just my two cents
answered 11 hours ago
Jean-Claude Arbaut
14.3k63361
MSE is likely not the right place for such a question, and the answer will vary greatly with your own personality, which we don't know.
There are many unknowns here: what's the goal? Better grades I guess? But why? Do you want to study maths at a higher level, is it what you want or a requirement? Do you even enjoy maths? You seem to want free time: when I was in high school, maths was my free time. I don't want to criticize, I just try to understand how you feel about it.
If you have done tons of exercises, I assume you have the computational skills, but maybe do not see the big picture. Usually exercises are made to help see it, but maybe it's not enough here - and I don't think doing tons of exercises will help, I'd rather do a limited but carefully chosen set of exercises, that help me on specific areas I don't know very well yet. That's why the teacher is here usually : he will choose according to the needs of the classroom.
If you enjoy maths (and even if you don't), I suggest you try to tackle problems you find interesting and hard enough that the solution is not obvious. During your free time, why not? You could start with what is called recreational mathematics as this will teach you much about logic and how to think about problems and more generally about mathematics. You could also try problems from real life (could be applications of geometry and trigonometry, for instance, but not only that).
Apart from that, exercises are certainly a good thing, but you should also be able to understand the proofs. A good habit is to redo the proofs, and to try to change the hypotheses and see what breaks in the proof.
Just my two cents
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When you're having trouble with some subject in math, try to watch a Youtube/Khan Academy video of the subject - it has helped me a lot.
Also, often teachers tend to give higher grades to people who say more in class - even if what they're saying is wrong. So, try to say more in class.
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I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
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When you're having trouble with some subject in math, try to watch a Youtube/Khan Academy video of the subject - it has helped me a lot.
Also, often teachers tend to give higher grades to people who say more in class - even if what they're saying is wrong. So, try to say more in class.
answered 11 hours ago
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I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
11 hours ago
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up vote
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When you're having trouble with some subject in math, try to watch a Youtube/Khan Academy video of the subject - it has helped me a lot.
Also, often teachers tend to give higher grades to people who say more in class - even if what they're saying is wrong. So, try to say more in class.
answered 11 hours ago
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When you're having trouble with some subject in math, try to watch a Youtube/Khan Academy video of the subject - it has helped me a lot.
Also, often teachers tend to give higher grades to people who say more in class - even if what they're saying is wrong. So, try to say more in class.
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I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
11 hours ago
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I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
11 hours ago
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I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
11 hours ago
I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
11 hours ago
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For us it's impossible to know your exact situation, and your strengths and weaknesses. Do you know why you got C's and not A's? If I were you, I would look at the problems that I got wrong and study the material that was used to solve those.
– Matti P.
11 hours ago
I'm giving you a link in which a similar situation is being stated and my teacher has answered it. Though it is in context of IIT-JEE but I think it will be useful to you. quora.com/…
– jayant98
11 hours ago
Have you been checking that your solutions are correct and going back to make sure you understand the ones you got wrong? Have you been focusing on understanding rather than rote memorization? Have you been identifying gaps in your understanding of the basics and filling in the gaps? How about going to the teacher to ask for help when you get stuck on a particular problem?
– littleO
11 hours ago
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
4 hours ago