My tutor cancelled our session this evening, I agreed to meet up on Thursday at 6.30pm. I feel, most honestly that my poor algebra skills, is what is causing me trouble when it comes to simple problem solving. It is one thing to memorize certain functions, such as the steps to calculate the rate of change, but unless I have strong algebra, I will always have problems in exams trying to step through solving questions. I shall go now and do some more revision for my math test. If only I had some time to go back and re-learn algebra from middle school, it would assist me sooo much.
Out to space everyone.
Out to space everyone.
posted by Michelle @ 6:25 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:58 PM,
Phil said…
Algebra is one of the biggest problems facing Calculus profs/teachers/tutors. I know this from experience and from chatting with my teacher friends.
The truth is that many kids will go into to a Calculus class without the necessary Algebra skills and it's just a bitch to teach them or get them to relearn it properly.
But you're wrong. Algebra is like all high school math you will pick up. There are steps, and you can reduce it into a mechanical process. It's just that there are so many more possibilities...
But work on it and it will become second nature. I promise.
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