Why Take a Math Study Skills Course?

Other Courses

Learn the vocabulary & concepts

Answer fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, or true-false questions

Write essays and research

Math Courses

Learn the vocabulary & concepts

Actually apply your knowledge and solve problems

Numeric

Symbolic

Graphical

Like sports, music, art, etc.

Skill-based

Some need more practice than others, but all need to practice

Learn from mistakes

Improves speed, confidence, and understanding

America has an attitude problem

Math is hard

Only smart people can do math

I don't need math

We need a better attitude

Is math hard?

It can be, but so can lots of other things

Can anyone do it?

Yes, but like many other things, some will have to work much harder at it than others

Our everyday life would look drastically different without math

High School

180 days * 50 minutes per day = 150 hours of class time

College

30 classes * 85 minutes per class = 42.5 hours of class time

Same Amount of Material

70-75% of learning happens outside of class

What you learned yesterday will be used today, tomorrow, and beyond

Once you've learned it, you're expected to remember it forever

LIke a building, math requires a solid foundation