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"What does it take to be successful in this class?"
How do you think Olympic marathoners prepare for the Olympics?
- First Strategy
- Weeks & Months out: Sit around and eat double-fried bacon-wrapped grease-burgers
- The night before the race: go out and run 50 miles (one BIG workout is the prefect preparation!)
- The day of the race: show up to the start line straight from last night's 50 mile run.
- Second Strategy
- Weeks & Months out: Train several times a week, on a regular schedule
- The night before the race: get some rest
- The day of the race: show up fresh to the start line.
How do you think successful students prepare for the Final?
- First Strategy
- Weeks & Months out: facebook, twitter, snapchat, tinder
- The night before the final: all night study session
- The day of the final: show up over-caffeinated and exhausted to the final
- Second Strategy
- Weeks & Months out: Study several times a week, on a regular schedule
- The night before the final: get some rest
- The day of the final: show up fresh to final.
OK, More Specifically...
There are quite a few "moving parts" in this class:
- Make sure you check the three class-related web-sites frequently (at least once a week): terminus.sdsu.edu/SDSU/Math254, canvas.sdsu.edu, and webwork.sdsu.edu/webwork2/math-254-blomgren.
- Review lecture notes / video after EVERY lecture, to and try to figure out what you understand, and more importantly, don't understand.
- Stay on top of the homework! Note: Doing the online (webwork) homework is NOT ENOUGH. Do the "Suggested Problems" associated with each topic as well. — Watch the Learning Glass videos for hints / help; but resist the temptation to become a spectator!
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Make use of
- Supplemental Instruction Meetings
- Office Hours (Professor and TA)
- Math Learning Center
- Some External Ideas
- Keep in mind that I have visited most of these websites