Thread: Maths.....

Originally Posted by BigIan

T(max)
I also said she was a terrible maths teacher.

Temperature as the function of max? That makes even less sense. Unless Max is the blue leprechaun that operates the Leonard's "Make the chillyness a paraboloidical function just for the heck of it"-machine... I guess it was your teacher then.

Sorry to hear you ended up with bad mathmistress. Maybe you could get somebody to tutor you privately?

Originally Posted by ursus

Temperature as the function of max? That makes even less sense. Unless Max is the blue leprechaun that operates the Leonard's "Make the chillyness a paraboloidical function just for the heck of it"-machine... I guess it was your teacher then.

Sorry to hear you ended up with bad mathmistress. Maybe you could get somebody to tutor you privately?

To be honest, With work, college, house work, Planning a wedding and caring for the Mrs I don`t think i would have the time even if i could afford the extortionate rates.

Sorry to hear about all that =/. I hope you get a turn for the better soon.

One thing you could do is to round up one or few of your fellow students and discuss and solve through the exercises after school. Go through the tasks as a group, and don't distribute them. That works miracles assuming everyone constantly contribute by either seeking information, discussing, teaching somebody else, or asking something they didn't understand. Therefore, I'd keep the group small, maybe start with 1-3 people you're most comfortable with and who have motivation to learn. You'll have to decide what the optimum size is for you so nobody gets left out of the loop.

Yes, that takes time (this is of course off the actual time you have to solo them yourself) but shouldn't cost more than the occasional snack.

Originally Posted by ursus

Sorry to hear about all that =/. I hope you get a turn for the better soon.

One thing you could do is to round up one or few of your fellow students and discuss and solve through the exercises after school. Go through the tasks as a group, and don't distribute them. That works miracles assuming everyone constantly contribute by either seeking information, discussing, teaching somebody else, or asking something they didn't understand. Therefore, I'd keep the group small, maybe start with 1-3 people you're most comfortable with and who have motivation to learn. You'll have to decide what the optimum size is for you so nobody gets left out of the loop.

Yes, that takes time (this is of course off the actual time you have to solo them yourself) but shouldn't cost more than the occasional snack.

Cheers for the concern,
Already have quite a good group of friend in place, and as a general rule we do discuss problems via facebook, and the system seems to be working well, untill we come accross somthing none of us understand.

You lost me at Tmax......

I could probably figure it out over time but my two little ones kept me up WAY too much lately...so I'm not even gonna try. Good luck with it all though.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

Oh bother something is missing these are inconsistant.
Tmax = a constant.
t²-9t+61/4 = a variable function of time.

The problem as stated is tangled or missing something.

Originally Posted by BigIan

To be honest, With work, college, house work, Planning a wedding and caring for the Mrs I don`t think i would have the time even if i could afford the extortionate rates.

Find some like minded students (two) in the same class
and if the schedule permits sit down for 30 min
after class and "start" the homework. It helps to
do a quick review... inside of an hour or so of a
class like this. It might cost you the price of a cup
of tea or coffee or free water.

Each of us is different but for me there was a "golden"
hour after the hard classes where I could "SQ3R" the
material. Scan, Question, Read, Recite, Review the
topic and my notes for the day. Web search for SQ3R..

The SQ3R Study System


Focus on the material not on the teacher

get a textbook, a shovel, some charcoal, and a candle and you'll be all set

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

Each of us is different but for me there was a "golden"
hour after the hard classes where I could "SQ3R" the
material. Scan, Question, Read, Recite, Review the
topic and my notes for the day. Web search for SQ3R..

The SQ3R Study System


Focus on the material not on the teacher

I`ve tried the SQ3R, And it dosent work for me, I think its my dyslexia, i find the drilling it into my skull through repitition, just doing it over and over again.

But thanks for the help and advice

Originally Posted by BigIan

I`ve tried the SQ3R, And it dosent work for me, I think its my dyslexia, i find the drilling it into my skull through repitition, just doing it over and over again.

But thanks for the help and advice

dsylexia lives here too. Use all the tools you can find that work for you.