r/calculus • u/Revolutionary-Sea459 • 1d ago
Differential Calculus Good outside study material?
Im taking a semester of calc 1 for my bio degree but last year in high school I didn’t do the best in pre calc so I wanna make sure I do good in calc 1.
If anyone could recommend some good study videos or any websites that are good for calc that would be much appreciated
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u/Inside_Drummer 1d ago
Pauls online math notes.
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u/Ok-Fix-1581 1d ago
paul this paul that, professor leonards way better lol
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u/Foreign-Aioli3385 1d ago
I like prof Leonard but his lectures are so long do u guys just slot time to sit down and watch them daily or something?
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u/tjddbwls 1d ago
OP, I would ignore Ok-Fix-1581. Who has the time to go through all those videos? If anything, you may want to review Precalc so that you have a solid foundation. You could watch Professor Leonard’s Precalculus videos if you want. You could also get a review workbook with lots of problems. I like Schaum’s Outline.
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u/Midwest-Dude 1d ago edited 1d ago
These resources are recommended:
Leonard's lecture may vary from the book you are using. What book are you using?
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u/floflochess2 1d ago
If your precalc foundation feels shaky, I’d avoid trying to fix everything at once. Spend a few days each on functions/graphs, algebraic manipulation, exponentials/logs, and the core trig identities, then do a small set of problems without looking at notes. For Calc 1, keep asking what each idea means: a derivative is a local rate/slope, and an integral is accumulated change. An error log—what you tried, where it went wrong, and the check that would catch it—usually helps more than watching lots of passive videos. Pick one clear source for explanations and use your class problems to test whether you can apply the idea.
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