How to discover your mathlearning strengths

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How to discover your math-learning strengths
weaknesses

• how what you know about math affects your grades
• how quality of math instruction affects your
  grades
  
• how affective student characteristics affects
  your math grades
  
• how to determine your learning style
• how to develop a math-learning profile of your
  strengths and weaknesses
  
• how to improve your math knowledge

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How what you know about math affects your grades

• Placements tests and previous course grades
• Requests for higher placement
• Montgomery Colleges Research

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How quality of math instruction affects your
grades

• Teaching style
• Student-faculty ratio
• Learning resources
• Text
• Tutoring

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How affective student characteristics affect
your math grades

• Learning style
• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic
• Right Brain
• Left Brain

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How affective student characteristics affect
your math grades

• Math anxiety level
• Previous math knowledge
• Math attitude
• Time since last course
• Other skills courses and training
• Reading skills
• Locus of control

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How to develop a math-learning profile of your
strengths and weaknesses

• understanding math-learning profiles
• evaluate your math study skills
• measure your math anxiety level
• measuring previous math knowledge
• determining your math attitude
• time since last math course
• previous study-skills courses/training

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How to develop a math-learning profile of your
strengths and weaknesses

• previous/current required reading courses
• your locus of control
• your best learning modality
• your cognitive learning style
• evaluate your findings
• specific and formal profiling evaluations

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How to improve your math knowledge

• review previous course material and tests
• employ a tutor
• sequential course scheduling
• choosing your instructor