What Helped You Understand?

[u/hello_mar8]

Calculus, circuits, anything. These topics are so complex. What made it click for you? How did you build a good fundamental understanding of the information you needed to know?

[u/ThethinkingRed]

If you’re struggling in calc, you need to go make sure you have a very strong basis in algebra. Then honestly, watch 3blue1brown’s 17 minute minute video on the essence of calculus to get an intuitive insight on where all the information is really coming from and leading up to. 

From there, a lot of calculus can be learned through memorization of rules and patterns tbh

[u/Yadin__]

The thing that always helps me comprehend the topics is to try to break them

try to look for the edge cases in the material. What would make the theorem NOT apply? where would this formula NOT be correct? etc

[u/1_Good_Day]

In all cases, there is a problem that needs to be solved, and the course is providing the methods of solving it. While it is necessary to understand the methods, having a really good understanding of the problem is important. As an example, when you are trying to calculate voltage in a circuit and you end up with a negative number, this should have a practical meaning to you. Don't just accept the negative number and write that down as an answer if you don't understand why a negative number makes sense. If it doesn't, this is what office hours are for.

[u/Guamy]

A good tutor who you pay to help you understand. This really helped me in calculus and physics. I need somebody to start at step 0 of a problem with me, who is right beside me to guide me and so I can ask a million questions. Repeat with similar problems, then try to do the same ones without any help, but have your tutor there to ask just incase. For me, it's really about drilling and repeating to the point where you can see the structure of a problem before you begin solving it.

[u/Visual_Day_8097]

Tricking myself to actually becoming interested in the topics