"At thirteen years of age, Stephen Stafford is causing quite a stir at Morehouse College. Stafford has a triple major in pre-med, math and computer science. Though he loves playing video games and playing his drum set, he is no typical teenager." Read entire article here.
[SOURCE: BV Black Spin]
Showing posts with label study skills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label study skills. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Tips for Successful Math Students
Organization and good note-taking are both important to being a successful math student. As an IST tutor and a math teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, I have noticed a few simple things that help students improve their performance.
The better students have a very organized binder or notebook dedicated only to math. I have seen sub-sections dedicated to warm-up, classwork, homework, tests & quizzes.
Successful students also take diligent notes during class and make comments and note of errors or misconceptions in the margins (i.e. "watch out for negatives," "when you raise a power to a power you multiply the exponents" etc).
It is also good to see students write down the question, steps and answer for any math problem (especially if the homework is from a textbook).
The better students have a very organized binder or notebook dedicated only to math. I have seen sub-sections dedicated to warm-up, classwork, homework, tests & quizzes.
Successful students also take diligent notes during class and make comments and note of errors or misconceptions in the margins (i.e. "watch out for negatives," "when you raise a power to a power you multiply the exponents" etc).
It is also good to see students write down the question, steps and answer for any math problem (especially if the homework is from a textbook).
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