tornadored

Alright, I admit it. I suck at algebra/trig. I'm in college, and every math class I have taken I have gotten no higher than a C in, even in high school. My major is Computer Networking, but I would like to go on to grad school into Information Technology or some form of engineering. I know I can do it if I put my mind to it, but no matter how hard I try, I still cannot learn it.

Can anyone give me some tips on some tutoring sites, or books they have used. I utilize my college tutoring services, to no avail.

I am looking into Algebra for Dummies, going to check it out at the library.


Thanks for all your help!

CoachAlan

The biggest thing I would recommend is to not let math overwhelm you. Remebmer, there's only one operation you can do in math: add.

Subtraction is the addition of a negative number.
Multiplication is a shortcut for multiple additions of the same number.
Division is seeing how many times you can add a number to itself before it equals another number.
And so on... (until you get to calculus, which is whack!)

So when a problem really has you puzzled, try breaking it down to its constituent parts and seeing how the numbers are really interacting.

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DelayedReaction

Math is entirely process based, at least the level of math that most of us normal people deal with. You start at point A, engage process B, and end at point C. In my experience the best way to understand that process is through practice and perseverance; this reasoning applies to damn near everything when it comes to science and engineering.

Work with other people; group work is often far more effective than regular work. Consult professors, and see if they have any suggestions for tutoring. Many grad students offer tutoring as a part time job; work with them.

And memorize those sine/cosine tables. I STILL remember that crap that Mrs. Brown taught me. At least I think her name was Mrs. Brown; either way the numbers stuck while the name dissolved.

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Bossnass

I went through piles and piles of paper doing every practice problem (ones with solutions in the guide/awnsers at the back of the text). Every single bloody one. Calc 1; holy shit squeaked by with a C-. Calc 2, using the sheer dumb repitetion method A-.

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Purplemath


Dr. Math

I thought both of these were pretty good.

I have others, but there are specific, i.e. logs, etc.

You can always post a question here or in Tilted Knowledge (Knowledge is probably better)

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gdr2004

http://www.geocities.com/aeronoctis/1ghola/1dmath.html

It's Basic Mental Math. It worked for me. Read through it all very carefully- Good luck! :-D