Comments on: Ten Ways to Survive the Math Blues

By: Murray

Murray — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:44:02 +0000

@Matt: Thanks for your positive feedback. Always good on a Friday! I've added it to the other IntMath testimonials

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:33:03 +0000

This is a brilliant site Murray, I’m a mathematician myself, yet still you’ve managed to bring back to memory things that i’ve forgotten! Excellent site.

By: Kenneth idung

Kenneth idung — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:02:23 +0000

I really enjoy this site, it makes me refresh my memory. Secondly, i like the way mathematics is been solve in this site, i mean the steps. onlike others.

Thanks.

By: Iwuchukwu Chibuike

Iwuchukwu Chibuike — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:54:24 +0000

: You are actually being used by God to help lives,”doing a good job”

By: Murray

Murray — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:21:59 +0000

@lulu – great to hear the tips were useful for you! Good luck with your studies.

By: lulu

lulu — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:07:59 +0000

ur maths tips are beyond brilliant..,just got my maths spark back thnx 2 u…me like(-_-)

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By: Murray

Murray — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:51:07 +0000

@Nisa: Thanks for the input.

Too many math courses exist in separate “boxes” – the teachers often don’t know how it is related to the rest of their course, or the math the students will do later. So how can we expect the students to connect the dots?

By: Nisa

Nisa — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:28:33 +0000

I particularly like the first point, “Figure out the Big Picture,” because as a tutor for trigonometry and pre-calculus, when I ask my tutees why they are taking their particular math courses, it allows me to see how commited they may be to learning the subject. For example, for someone who is taking the math course just to complete an elective, it allows me to anticipate how much of the information they just learned will be commited to memory. If a particularly complicated mathematical concept is to be covered in the course, I usually explain how making an effort to understand instead of memorizing this particular concept has helped me in my math career as a college student, and I also try to find a way to ease the process of learning the concept based on my past frustrations and difficulties that I overcame. If the tutee is taking the math course as a pre-requisite for a course pertaining to a major, I usually point out how the particular concept will be used in the higher math courses to emphasize the need to understand the concept rather than just memorizing it.

By: mawanda ismail

mawanda ismail — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:30:33 +0000

As a long time maths teacher, i really appreciate the ten ways to survive the maths blues, i encourage all those young students who would like to succeed in maths to adopt them. They will see miracles happen. Thanks.