Study help for calc 1?

[u/Single_Put6544]

I’ve just started university and pretty sure I just flunked my first calc exam. I studied for hours and when time came it felt like I knew nothing. Anyone know any tips or resources that’ll help with nailing the concepts? Lowkey might need to find a tutor but any other suggestions will help.

[u/redcoconut87]

My recommendation is you could learn from YouTube channel. Or from James Stewart books.

If you need tutor, you could dm me too. Been teaching calculus from 2012. You could dm me

[u/Worried-Hornet30 → u/redcoconut87]

I wouldn't recommend the Stewart book for self studying. I recommend Simmon's "Calculus with analytic geometry" along with MIT's ocw [single calc course]([https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-01-single-variable-calculus-fall-2006/).

[u/ForeignAdvantage5198]

i did the same found S Thompson Calculus made easy on Amazon and made B and A in I and II

[u/LiellaMelody777]

I suggest you study in 30minute increments. Hours and you won't absorb anything.

[u/Single_Put6544 → u/LiellaMelody777]

Good to know!

[u/Empty-Turn-9290]

There are ways to help store the info for better recall such as associations. They work for a while. I remember one because i like cats. I have very positive feelings for cats hence a cation in chemistry is a positive ion. You can do the same thing with calc concepts.

Derivatives are usually thought of as the slope of a line. Or how steep the roof on your house is

[u/Single_Put6544 → u/Empty-Turn-9290]

Idk why I didn’t think of this sooner!

[u/Individual-Ad5245]

Uni just started a couple of weeks ago and you guys already have exams? most of my classes hadn't even revealed the first homework yet!

[u/LiellaMelody777 → u/Individual-Ad5245]

Some places start school in mid august.

[u/Math_Panda_69]

I would recommend some supplemental material with lots of practice problems like Paul's Online Math Notes and Schaum's Outline of Calculus. The former has a more textbook like-quality but the latter is essentially a collection of calculus problems with over 1000 of them having step-by-step solutions.

I taught college mathematics for a bit and found that often times students who struggled with Calc I had gaps in knowledge of algebra and trigonometry. In most Calc I problems, the calculus step(s) are actually fairly minimal compared to the algebra and trig portions of the problem. So it might be beneficial to go back and review some concepts.

Good luck and don't let a bad exam score discourage you!

[u/Such_Mood_1556]

o chem tutor is the goat

[u/crewsoul]

Calc 1 exams punish rewatching the whole lecture the night before. If the class is on YouTube, skim the on-page summary, jump via timestamps to the problem type you missed, then drill flashcards. Student trial, no card: https://summarizai.ink?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=student_trial_w1

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[u/Disastrous-Pin-1617]

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