Follow these tips from math students and instructors to turn your stress into success
Fear, doubt, stress, anxiety, and despair. These are just a few of the many emotions students report feeling about a commonly dreaded subject: math. Math can be difficult, but it doesn鈥檛 have to be! The trick is knowing you don鈥檛 have to figure it out alone.
We talked to current math students and instructors to learn their best advice to help you succeed in your next math class. Here are their responses:
麻豆精品在线播放, 鈥淲hat do you wish you knew before starting your math class?鈥�
鈥淚t is okay for me to not fully understand something all at once. Real and genuine learning comes through time and hard work.鈥�
鈥淚 wish I had known to make time daily to do the work, instead of trying to do it all at the end of the week.鈥�
鈥淚 wish that I had made use of tutoring sooner.鈥�
鈥淚 wish I had known that it was okay to ask questions because, chances are, there are other people struggling with the same things.鈥�
鈥淚 wish I had known I didn't have to be afraid of it. Everything I needed to succeed was built into the course.鈥�
鈥淚t would have been more helpful if I wrote the core equations, concepts, and rules learned weekly instead of before each test.鈥�
Which of these tips are the most interesting or could potentially be helpful to you? You know yourself (and your relationship with math) better than anyone, so experiment with different suggestions to see what works best!
Instructors, 鈥淲hat do successful math students do?鈥�
鈥淢y 鈥楢鈥� students are also my students who submit assignments first. Waiting until the last minute erases the chance for extra help if needed!鈥�
鈥淎sk questions! The more questions students ask, the more comfortable they will feel about their new classroom experience.鈥�
鈥淭he best students self-advocate when needed and are specific about the help they need.鈥�
鈥淧ractice makes perfect. Practice every day.鈥�
鈥淭he students that succeed are the students that utilize their groups. If a student has a group that works hard and meets regularly, they do much better.鈥�
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Most of all, don鈥檛 give up! Do the best you can, and when you get stuck, reach out to your instructors, TA, service missionaries, a tutor, or a knowledgeable friend or family member for help. Thousands of BYU-Pathway students have overcome all odds and succeeded in math 鈥� you can too!