Ok, sorry I was too vague. I do draw pictures and diagrams but I didn't really explain myself too well. I meant to say that real life things like motion, or forces I can wrap my head around and then model the situation, with a free body diagram or a small picture and label all the forces, the...
Ok thank you for the advice. I actually am not really having any huge problems in physics just because the word problems with like forces or projectile motion or kinematics i can visualize and then use the equations and manipulate variables. Although our first midterm was tough because it was...
I feel like that is what I'm struggling with. Going from straightforward high school problems to more real life stuff. I want to condition myself to do these problems I just don't know how. It seems like my efforts are getting me no where.
That's what is frustrating though- I do spend all my time trying to solve problems and I encounter two types of problems, problems like take the derivative of find the integral, or balance this equation, and usually on these I can solve these even if they are considered hard. But then the other...
I did take a math placement test and did very well. I make very few mathematical mistakes when just doing straightforward problems but it is the critical thinking, effectiveness in analyzing, and fitting principles together that I with. I know all the principles up to the math I am now in. I...
Other students find the calculus difficult but that doesn't really matter for me. I don't want to find ease in other students problems.
But most problems for me are doing problems where you really have to deeply understand the mathematical principles. I can take derivatives and integrals and...
Once I know the route to take my algebra is very good I believe. I just lack creativity sometimes or the natural solving ability. If I can see or realize how something works I can usually solve it from there. This has helped me solve some challenge problems in high school that no one but me...
Yes I did take calculus in high school and our finals were the same final as a local college. Both semesters I got 100%. I took AP chem and got a 5. I took physics but my school didn't have AP and the class was a complete joke. I got a 105% in it and never even felt like I had a firm...
I just need some direction. I just can't seem to solve anything in math or physics right now. I want to become good at both but I just am struggling mightily. First year in college in mechanics and calculus. Every one says to just work harder. This is very frustrating because I put in over 10...