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How to Survive Your College Math Class - Coggle Diagram
How to Survive Your College Math Class
STUDY KILLS
READING YOUR TEXT BOOK TWICE
Read once to get the main ideas and read a second time, with the intention of understanding everything
A NOTE ON HIGHLIGHTHING
It is possible that by highlighting a passage or a formula, you will subtly trick yourself into thinking
that you actually remember and understand it.
TAKING NOTES
You can facilitate good note-taking by spending a few minutes before
class reading through the material that will be covered.
HOMEWORK
Make sure you understand the solutions thoroughly, and could explain why you did what you did
WORKING TOGETHER
Studying in groups of two or three can be an enormous aid to learning, if
done right.
STUDYING FOR THE EXAMS
Review all the relevant homework and pay particular
attention to areas where you had trouble the first time
READING AND UNDERSTANDING MATHEMATICS
AN EQUATION IS A SENTENCES
Pythagorus’s Theorem states:
c2 = a2 + b2.
A MULTI-LINE EQUATION IS A SENTENCE
Sequences of equations and inequalities that involve more than one relation
also read as compound sentences
EQUAL MEANS EQUAL
The important thing to note about the above multi-line equation is that the
term on the left of each “=” is equal to the term on the right!
WRITING MATHEMATICS AND SOLVING PROBLEMS
PROBLEM SOLVING
Understand the problem, devise a plan, carry on the plan and check the result
CONCLUSIO
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Practice each individual skill in isolation
Integrate the individual skills into sequences.
Practice in a realistic context
Go forth and solve real problems
