...Most of what I learned I had to teach myself while I was taking these classes. It took having to sit with the book and read through the chapter until I understood everything I read. This meant not only learning the process but the why behind it. (read more)
20 Subjects: includingTrigonometry,Calculus,Statistics,SAT Math
...Another is to present a simpler problem with the same concept, such as posing 1/3 + 1/4 to a student who answers 7/12 + 4/5 = 11/17. Yet another is to consider an extreme case. It may not be obvious that a triangle cannot have lengths 17, 15, and 33, but it is when you consider 1, 3, and 10. (read more)