on (al-)Mighty Math

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Top 10 Strategies to Improve Your Math Grades

 1) If you don't understand something, focus on mastering that topic before moving on to the next topic

2) Work example problems and check your answers to gain practice with every lesson.

3) When beginning to work a Math problem, do not "map out a path from problem-to-answer" in your head before writing anything down.

4) When you study and do homework, try to find a quiet place to do it. 

   5) If someone asks you for help, try to explain the topic to them as best you can.

 6) Never, ever work math problems in pen.

7) Try to use a mechanical pencil with separate eraser, if you can. 

8) Keep your solutions neat and line-by-line.

   9) Don't work problems very late at night. 

10) If the problem lends itself to it, draw a picture of the problem. 

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George Gibson: Calculus

Preface to the 1901 First Edition

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Extras/Gibson_Calculus.html