| If a student is struggling in any mathematics | | | | students learn best at different paces, and in |
| subject area, it is important to find ways to help. | | | | different environments, than others. |
| Probability, Statistics and Calculus are areas where | | | | Geometry |
| even normally high achievers may find themselves | | | | Many students struggle with geometry. Geometric |
| struggling. | | | | shapes don't translate very well on a blackboard. |
| Classroom instruction works well for many; | | | | Students need a much more visual imagination to |
| however, for others, a 45-minute classroom | | | | understand concepts such as: points and lines; |
| session, surrounded by the distractions of their | | | | angles; parallel lines; analytic geometry; the |
| peers, is simply not the ideal way to learn. Even if | | | | coordinate plane; distance; midpoints; slope; |
| students pay close attention in class, they are | | | | equations of lines; deduction and formal proofs; |
| liable to miss a lesson or a portion of a lesson for | | | | polygons; introduction to triangles; angles of a |
| any number of reasons. And since math works | | | | triangle; right triangles pythagorean theorem; |
| like a chain, with one concept leading to the next, | | | | congruent triangles; similar triangles; quadrilaterals: |
| a "missed link" causes subsequent material to stop | | | | trapezoids, parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, |
| making sense. | | | | squares; perimeters and areascircles; lines |
| Probability & Statistics | | | | associate with circles: radius, diameter, chord, |
| Many students struggle with Probability and | | | | tangent, secant; the equation of a circle; angles |
| Statistics through no fault of their own. After all, | | | | associated with a circle; area and circumference! |
| Probability and Statistics has its own unique | | | | Nonetheless, geometry is an essential component |
| language and set of rules. Nonetheless, the | | | | of a good education. |
| frustration experienced by Probability and | | | | Tutorial programs and tutors can help a student |
| Statistics students can result in a loss of | | | | grasp difficult mathematical concepts and excel in |
| self-confidence. | | | | his or her math class. Find a math tutor who can |
| If the student is struggling with Probability and | | | | offer a comprehensive tutorial program and |
| Statistics, look for a comprehensive, step-by-step | | | | cement challenging math concepts through |
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| into smaller steps, using illustrations and providing | | | | masters all the formulas and concepts of the |
| real-life examples. | | | | review. Tutors can also assist with recommending |
| Calculus | | | | and providing good math workbooks. Such |
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| Calculus is one of the most difficult subjects for | | | | exercises and students can eventually work |
| many students, even those who are normally high | | | | through and solve problems on their own. |
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| them to do! | | | | or Calculus, but it will also lay a critical foundation |
| Calculus is based on a special kind of logic--once it | | | | for future success, including help with college |
| clicks in students' heads, it becomes easy to apply | | | | admissions exams. |
| to any type of problem. The trouble is, some | | | | |