Video lectures on Calculus I

Sankaku

I just got a chance to finally watch the Linear Algebra section of his DE lectures. Very good. He has put a HUGE amount of work into creating those. Very very slick. The Calc ones look pretty good too, but I have only glanced at them...

2h2o

My favorite so far has been MIT's OpenCourseWare video lectures. For me, they are a nice supplement to my own studies--it is often helpful to see another strategy to solve a problem.

Dr. Jerison is a great lecturer and shows single variable Calculus in an engaging but efficient way.

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematic...Home/index.htm

seouldavid

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=349631

If you are looking for video lectures on calculus, this is a good place where you can find many lectures related to mathematics including calculus I lectures.

clm321

any one know of any websites to help me learn math i dont go to a school that teaches classes any more but i still want to learn it

Capt Awesome

I'm actually taking Hollis @AASU this semester for pre-calculus, he's great... but I'm just now finding out about these videos. They are coming in handy because I'm also taking calculus I with a different professor, who seems to be just as confused as the class most of the time... don't get me wrong, my calculus professor does have his good days, but Hollis's videos are really helping me out.

lucksm17

There is better than 100 video lectures on calculus at http://www.free-academy.com/homepages/calculus101.html with more being added regularly.

The nice part about the site is that they take questions. I sent in one of my homework problems that I couldn't solve on related rates and they sent me back a video with the answer later that day! Also, if you have any questions on any of the lectures they have on the site, they answer those even faster.

Icelove

http://www.youtube.com/user/derekowens

He also has physics lectures, but his Calculus tutorials are just top-notch.

Devil Doc

@ Keesjan...

Thanks for the post the link to Armstrong Atlantic State University. Looks like there is a lot of good stuff posted. Plenty of information to digest. I'll definitely check them out.

- Doc

Edgardo

I've wondered myself and found this comment here:
This was posted by the youtube user hgross3comcast who seems to be Prof Gross himself. His course can be found here.

Hiche

http://patrickjmt.com/

This guy made me pass a difficult quiz (the course average was 42% and I took 88% thanks to Patrick) in my Calculus III course. One of the best short video tutorials I have ever seen. I think he also covers Calculus in general and some other stuff.

mathwonk

I am curious as to what effect these videos have on your understanding, and on your performance in your courses. Are you getting A's? Were you getting A's without the videos? What is your method of using the videos? How many times do you watch them? Do you stop watching at some point and work a lot of problems?

My question is motivated by a fear that some naive students may think they can learn calculus by just watching videos instead of reading, working problems and thinking. A video is a substitute for a lecture, but one in which you cannot ask questions. The good part is you can watch multiple times.

Ok now I see the comments by lucksm17 and Hiche. But I still wonder what you did in addition to watching. It sounds as if these are especially helpful to people struggling in classes with poor instructors. I still recommend a thorough reading of the book. For a strong understanding, not just a passing grade, there is no substitute for studying a great book like Apostol or Courant or Spivak.

Does anyone use the videos by watching them in advance of the class lecture? That could be the best way to get the most out of the lecture.

Hiche

Well, in my case, we have a poor instructor. We are assigned a book for the course at the beginning of the semester so I usually depend on that book for self-studying considering the remote information I grasp in the lecture. This worked, well, for a while until I found Patrick's video lectures which complimented my self-studying and enhanced my understanding on the subjects assigned. I usually watch the short videos, maybe take quick notes then look for problems in the book and solve.

Now, I'm looking over the course materials before the lecture which is rendering good results now. I guess I need the extra work, be it a video lecture or whatnot, to parallel and keep up with Calculus III.

Sankaku

As you say, videos are lectures but without the opportunity to ask questions. If a student thinks they can go to traditional lectures and not read or work through exercises, they will have the same problems.

Personally, I used many videos when I was doing distance courses. Finding good ones made a big difference as I had no access to lectures. As mentioned above, for people who have a poor lecturer, they can also be very helpful.

Since I now have access to good lectures with excellent profs, I don't need them as much. However, they can be good review before an exam or a preview for a course coming up in the future.

The main problem is that upper-level math courses are harder to find. That is changing, though.

dustbin

Here are some lectures from UCLA's calculus course that I just found:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...1&feature=plcp



@Mathwonk:
I rarely watch video lectures myself. I have been watching some video lectures for my summer Calculus 1 course, which is 100% online. For the large majority of the class, I have been reading the text (Stewart), working problems, and thinking about the concepts as well as supplementing with reading and work from Apostol. I really only watch video lectures if I am confused about an idea or stuck on something. I have an A+ in the class, but I don't rely on video lectures at all. In fact, I would rather read and do problems but sometimes I need another explanation to make something clear.