How should I study for maths? I'm in high school and can't seem to improve math grade [closed]
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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
edited Nov 19 at 9:10
jayant98
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asked Nov 19 at 9:04
tigron123
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closed as primarily opinion-based by José Carlos Santos, Arthur, Jean-Claude Arbaut, xbh, qwr Nov 19 at 9:20
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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.
Nov 19 at 9:11
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
Nov 19 at 9:17
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
Nov 19 at 15:56
@awkward Did you find that Coursera course to be useful? Maybe I'll check it out.
– littleO
Nov 19 at 23:43
@littleO I myself am long past being enrolled in school (although I still consider myself a student), but I took the course anyway and learned a lot of good ideas I wish I had known when I was in school.
– awkward
Nov 20 at 22:08
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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
edited Nov 19 at 9:10
jayant98
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asked Nov 19 at 9:04
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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
reference-request soft-question self-learning
edited Nov 19 at 9:10
jayant98
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asked Nov 19 at 9:04
tigron123
161
edited Nov 19 at 9:10
jayant98
35414
asked Nov 19 at 9:04
tigron123
161
edited Nov 19 at 9:10
jayant98
35414
edited Nov 19 at 9:10
jayant98
35414
edited Nov 19 at 9:10
jayant98
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35414
asked Nov 19 at 9:04
tigron123
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asked Nov 19 at 9:04
tigron123
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asked Nov 19 at 9:04
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closed as primarily opinion-based by José Carlos Santos, Arthur, Jean-Claude Arbaut, xbh, qwr Nov 19 at 9:20
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as primarily opinion-based by José Carlos Santos, Arthur, Jean-Claude Arbaut, xbh, qwr Nov 19 at 9:20
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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.
Nov 19 at 9:11
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
Nov 19 at 9:17
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
Nov 19 at 15:56
@awkward Did you find that Coursera course to be useful? Maybe I'll check it out.
– littleO
Nov 19 at 23:43
@littleO I myself am long past being enrolled in school (although I still consider myself a student), but I took the course anyway and learned a lot of good ideas I wish I had known when I was in school.
– awkward
Nov 20 at 22:08
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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.
Nov 19 at 9:11
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
Nov 19 at 9:17
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
Nov 19 at 15:56
@awkward Did you find that Coursera course to be useful? Maybe I'll check it out.
– littleO
Nov 19 at 23:43
@littleO I myself am long past being enrolled in school (although I still consider myself a student), but I took the course anyway and learned a lot of good ideas I wish I had known when I was in school.
– awkward
Nov 20 at 22:08
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.
Nov 19 at 9:11
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.
Nov 19 at 9:11
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
Nov 19 at 9:17
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
Nov 19 at 9:17
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
Nov 19 at 15:56
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
Nov 19 at 15:56
@awkward Did you find that Coursera course to be useful? Maybe I'll check it out.
– littleO
Nov 19 at 23:43
@awkward Did you find that Coursera course to be useful? Maybe I'll check it out.
– littleO
Nov 19 at 23:43
@littleO I myself am long past being enrolled in school (although I still consider myself a student), but I took the course anyway and learned a lot of good ideas I wish I had known when I was in school.
– awkward
Nov 20 at 22:08
@littleO I myself am long past being enrolled in school (although I still consider myself a student), but I took the course anyway and learned a lot of good ideas I wish I had known when I was in school.
– awkward
Nov 20 at 22:08
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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 Nov 19 at 9:16
Jean-Claude Arbaut
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Hey! I do enjoy maths and i want to study cs in the guture. My goal is to have more free fime for other things i enjoy ans get good grades.
– tigron123
Nov 20 at 10:58
@tigron123 No problem with that :)
– Jean-Claude Arbaut
Nov 20 at 12:07
add a comment |
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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 Nov 19 at 9:19
Kasper Larsen
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I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
Nov 19 at 9:26
I am not sure if you understood, what I meant. Read this article: bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/niels-bohr
– Kasper Larsen
Nov 20 at 12:54
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How is that article relevant?
– Math_QED
Nov 20 at 13:03
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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 Nov 19 at 9:16
Jean-Claude Arbaut
14.7k63363
Hey! I do enjoy maths and i want to study cs in the guture. My goal is to have more free fime for other things i enjoy ans get good grades.
– tigron123
Nov 20 at 10:58
@tigron123 No problem with that :)
– Jean-Claude Arbaut
Nov 20 at 12:07
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
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 Nov 19 at 9:16
Jean-Claude Arbaut
14.7k63363
Hey! I do enjoy maths and i want to study cs in the guture. My goal is to have more free fime for other things i enjoy ans get good grades.
– tigron123
Nov 20 at 10:58
@tigron123 No problem with that :)
– Jean-Claude Arbaut
Nov 20 at 12:07
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
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 Nov 19 at 9:16
Jean-Claude Arbaut
14.7k63363
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 Nov 19 at 9:16
Jean-Claude Arbaut
14.7k63363
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answered Nov 19 at 9:16
Jean-Claude Arbaut
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answered Nov 19 at 9:16
Jean-Claude Arbaut
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answered Nov 19 at 9:16
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Hey! I do enjoy maths and i want to study cs in the guture. My goal is to have more free fime for other things i enjoy ans get good grades.
– tigron123
Nov 20 at 10:58
@tigron123 No problem with that :)
– Jean-Claude Arbaut
Nov 20 at 12:07
add a comment |
Hey! I do enjoy maths and i want to study cs in the guture. My goal is to have more free fime for other things i enjoy ans get good grades.
– tigron123
Nov 20 at 10:58
@tigron123 No problem with that :)
– Jean-Claude Arbaut
Nov 20 at 12:07
Hey! I do enjoy maths and i want to study cs in the guture. My goal is to have more free fime for other things i enjoy ans get good grades.
– tigron123
Nov 20 at 10:58
Hey! I do enjoy maths and i want to study cs in the guture. My goal is to have more free fime for other things i enjoy ans get good grades.
– tigron123
Nov 20 at 10:58
@tigron123 No problem with that :)
– Jean-Claude Arbaut
Nov 20 at 12:07
@tigron123 No problem with that :)
– Jean-Claude Arbaut
Nov 20 at 12:07
add a comment |
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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 Nov 19 at 9:19
Kasper Larsen
1
2
I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
Nov 19 at 9:26
I am not sure if you understood, what I meant. Read this article: bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/niels-bohr
– Kasper Larsen
Nov 20 at 12:54
1
How is that article relevant?
– Math_QED
Nov 20 at 13:03
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
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 Nov 19 at 9:19
Kasper Larsen
1
2
I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
Nov 19 at 9:26
I am not sure if you understood, what I meant. Read this article: bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/niels-bohr
– Kasper Larsen
Nov 20 at 12:54
1
How is that article relevant?
– Math_QED
Nov 20 at 13:03
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
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 Nov 19 at 9:19
Kasper Larsen
1
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 Nov 19 at 9:19
Kasper Larsen
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answered Nov 19 at 9:19
Kasper Larsen
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answered Nov 19 at 9:19
Kasper Larsen
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answered Nov 19 at 9:19
Kasper Larsen
1
1
2
I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
Nov 19 at 9:26
I am not sure if you understood, what I meant. Read this article: bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/niels-bohr
– Kasper Larsen
Nov 20 at 12:54
1
How is that article relevant?
– Math_QED
Nov 20 at 13:03
add a comment |
2
I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
Nov 19 at 9:26
I am not sure if you understood, what I meant. Read this article: bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/niels-bohr
– Kasper Larsen
Nov 20 at 12:54
1
How is that article relevant?
– Math_QED
Nov 20 at 13:03
2
2
I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
Nov 19 at 9:26
I totally disagree with the last statement.
– Math_QED
Nov 19 at 9:26
I am not sure if you understood, what I meant. Read this article: bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/niels-bohr
– Kasper Larsen
Nov 20 at 12:54
I am not sure if you understood, what I meant. Read this article: bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/niels-bohr
– Kasper Larsen
Nov 20 at 12:54
1
1
How is that article relevant?
– Math_QED
Nov 20 at 13:03
How is that article relevant?
– Math_QED
Nov 20 at 13:03
add a comment |
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.
Nov 19 at 9:11
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
Nov 19 at 9:17
You might be interested in the coursera on-line course, "Learning How to Learn": coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
– awkward
Nov 19 at 15:56
@awkward Did you find that Coursera course to be useful? Maybe I'll check it out.
– littleO
Nov 19 at 23:43
@littleO I myself am long past being enrolled in school (although I still consider myself a student), but I took the course anyway and learned a lot of good ideas I wish I had known when I was in school.
– awkward
Nov 20 at 22:08