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Ive seen some pretty hectic schedules, mostly from engineers. They get hectic when you have a few labs and tutorials for each class. But youre in math and stats? How many tutorials do you have? It shouldnt be that hectic. And in upper years you barely have tutorials. I have 1 this year. I think I have like 16hrs of class in 4 days, and 2 are night classes. Its going to be a breeze.
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08-07-2012 at 08:45 AM
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Ive seen some pretty hectic schedules, mostly from engineers. They get hectic when you have a few labs and tutorials for each class. But youre in math and stats? How many tutorials do you have? It shouldnt be that hectic. And in upper years you barely have tutorials. I have 1 this year. I think I have like 16hrs of class in 4 days, and 2 are night classes. Its going to be a breeze.
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I'm taking Physics 1B03 and Chem 1A03 in Term 1 and they both have labs. I have tutorials for Math 1X03, Math 1B03 and Chem 1A03.
Any idea why Econ 1BB3 and Physics 1B03 don't have tutorials?
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08-07-2012 at 09:14 AM
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I'm taking Physics 1B03 and Chem 1A03 in Term 1 and they both have labs. I have tutorials for Math 1X03, Math 1B03 and Chem 1A03.
Any idea why Econ 1BB3 and Physics 1B03 don't have tutorials?
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econ just doesnt need a tutorial, the material isnt hard and its all posted. And also they are HUGE classes, so there would be too many tutorial sections.
Physics 1B has a lab, which I thought was just a hands-on tutorial. You use the concepts in class to watch a thing on wheels roll down a ramp and take measurements.
For Math 1B, if you have the girl with the thick accent and short dark hair, she is the best TA Ive ever had, to the point, covers alot of material, doesnt waste time, knows her stuff. I dont know if shes still around she was a masters student I think.
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08-07-2012 at 09:16 AM
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I'm taking Physics 1B03 and Chem 1A03 in Term 1 and they both have labs. I have tutorials for Math 1X03, Math 1B03 and Chem 1A03.
Any idea why Econ 1BB3 and Physics 1B03 don't have tutorials?
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Econ 1BB3 doesn't need a tutorial time slot. You need help? Ask the prof before class, after class, at their office hours or drop by at the help 'clinic'.
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econ just doesnt need a tutorial, the material isnt hard and its all posted. And also they are HUGE classes, so there would be too many tutorial sections.
Physics 1B has a lab, which I thought was just a hands-on tutorial. You use the concepts in class to watch a thing on wheels roll down a ramp and take measurements.
For Math 1B, if you have the girl with the thick accent and short dark hair, she is the best TA Ive ever had, to the point, covers alot of material, doesnt waste time, knows her stuff. I dont know if shes still around she was a masters student I think.
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Thanks. What is a tutorial, by the way? Just a problem-solving session? |
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Thanks. What is a tutorial, by the way? Just a problem-solving session?
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For math we usually just watch the TA do problems up on the board. A good TA will do problems that they know you should see, problems that they know explicitly use the techniques taught in class. The tutorials I never go to are the ones where the TAs just do the questions that the students tell them to do - they are never helpful. Or some TAs spend the whole time on 1 problem that doesnt matter, and then you really havent learned anything new.
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For math we usually just watch the TA do problems up on the board. A good TA will do problems that they know you should see, problems that they know explicitly use the techniques taught in class. The tutorials I never go to are the ones where the TAs just do the questions that the students tell them to do - they are never helpful. Or some TAs spend the whole time on 1 problem that doesnt matter, and then you really havent learned anything new.
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Seems like a total waste of time; the best (only) way to learn math is to solve problems yourself. |
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Seems like a total waste of time; the best (only) way to learn math is to solve problems yourself.
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Yes, of course but if you're stuck and cannot understand what is being said in the textbook, examples are the way to go (for me at least). |
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08-07-2012 at 10:31 AM
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Seems like a total waste of time; the best (only) way to learn math is to solve problems yourself.
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Hold on with your "only" haha. It may be best, but you can learn without doing problems.
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Yes, of course but if you're stuck and cannot understand what is being said in the textbook, examples are the way to go (for me at least).
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Well, textbooks have solved examples, don't they? |
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Well, textbooks have solved examples, don't they?
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If you mean following a solved problem in a textbook, then yes thats how I learn and study most of the time.
However, it is SO FRUSTRATING when there are problems in the text that either the prof has assigned as practice, or you know are relevant to the course, and there is no solution provided. Cause no matter how many times you try your best to solve it on your own, even if you think its worked out to the right answer, you have no idea. You couldve just taught yourself something completely wrong.
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If you mean following a solved problem in a textbook, then yes thats how I learn and study most of the time.
However, it is SO FRUSTRATING when there are problems in the text that either the prof has assigned as practice, or you know are relevant to the course, and there is no solution provided. Cause no matter how many times you try your best to solve it on your own, even if you think its worked out to the right answer, you have no idea. You couldve just taught yourself something completely wrong.
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Yeah, that's what I meant.
I only do proofs or problems that have answers. I think it's pretty pointless to do a problem and not know if you've done it correctly.
BTW, what do you plan to do after graduating, Melanie? It's very refreshing to see a female mathematician!  |
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08-07-2012 at 11:15 AM
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Yeah, that's what I meant.
I only do proofs or problems that have answers. I think it's pretty pointless to do a problem and not know if you've done it correctly.
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Well prepare to be refreshed! Cause your math classes will have lots of girls, close to half. I know, I was suprised too.
I dont know what Im going to do, thats why Im in co-op. But as of now Im leaning toward some kind of statistics consulting, or market research. We'll see!
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Well prepare to be refreshed! Cause your math classes will have lots of girls, close to half. I know, I was suprised too.
I dont know what Im going to do, thats why Im in co-op. But as of now Im leaning toward some kind of statistics consulting, or market research. We'll see!
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But how many of those girls are math and stat majors? And what kind of work did you do as part of your co-op program?
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Ouch. Having no timetable is better than having this:
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