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Tue. 11/06/07 09:32 PM

doing well in math

Being a high school math teacher since 1983, I often overhear a student ask another student if they studied for their math test. Then the typical answer is, how can you study for a math test?

Actually, I think math is one of the easiest courses to study, because for each test, there are maybe 20 different problems that the student is being tested over. And each one of those questions has been addressed numerous times such as homework, quizzes, and class notes. And because you get your homework and quiz papers back, you know exactly which ones you need to learn how to do. So you first concentrate on the ones you missed that you can figure out how to do. Then once you understand those, you get some help on the ones you do not understand. You can either talk to a friend at school, call, email, or text them. Or you can get help from the teacher. Lastly, you need to keep reviewing the ones you know how to do so you will have those down when you take the test.

If you follow these suggestions, you will do very well at math. Even if "math is not your gift".

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