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Hello,
I am taking Calculus 1 online at Thomas Edison. The class started with 25 people and is down to 7. I am struggling to get a "C" in the class and the 3 members in my group are all failing. How do these stats impact the college and its ratings? Do professors ever curve grades if almost everyone who is left in a class is failing the class? I thought about dropping, but don't want to throw away $2000.
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I haven't seen any curving being done in any of the classes I took. I don't think the mentors create any of the tests or assignments, so they may not even have the freedom to modify the grading scale. I would ask the mentor the same questions you asked here. Also, consider paying for an extension if taking more time would help you pass the course. The last thing you want is a fail on your transcript.
That said, you might be better off dropping it and taking it from Straighterline. You could take your time with it, and not have to worry about your grade.
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Did you get the student solutions manual? I don’t remember if it was listed as optional, but it really helped when I took Calculus.
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(03-12-2018, 03:54 PM)Sparklette Wrote: Did you get the student solutions manual? I don’t remember if it was listed as optional, but it really helped when I took Calculus.
I'm SO glad you mentioned that. When I took Discrete Math, the solutions manual was a necessity. I'm very good at math, but when having to teach yourself, you need lots of problems with solutions, not just an answer key. I don't think I could have done without.
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03-13-2018, 08:46 AM
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Also I've seen some books that try to make Calculus "easy" for students. Maybe get one of those. I think many of them are easier to understand than almost any textbook.
Or a lot of people swear by the Khan Academy videos.
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It’s been quite a while, but I used http://www-math.mit.edu/~djk/calculus_beginners/ a lot as a supplement to the book. There were also some UC Berkeley lectures on iTunes U that I found helpful. But really, the solutions manual was key. And when the solution didn’t make sense, I’d search for an explanation on Google, which usually led me to some school’s page with an explanation of the exact problem.
Oh! And be sure to use the practice tests and other resources from the text: http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/00..._quiz.html
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(03-13-2018, 10:44 AM)Sparklette Wrote: It’s been quite a while, but I used http://www-math.mit.edu/~djk/calculus_beginners/ a lot as a supplement to the book. There were also some UC Berkeley lectures on iTunes U that I found helpful. But really, the solutions manual was key. And when the solution didn’t make sense, I’d search for an explanation on Google, which usually led me to some school’s page with an explanation of the exact problem.
Oh! And be sure to use the practice tests and other resources from the text: http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/00..._quiz.html
"Calculus for Beginners and Artists"....this is great. lol
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(03-13-2018, 12:00 PM)GoldieLux Wrote: "Calculus for Beginners and Artists"....this is great. lol
Hey, whatever works!
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I took a calculus class at my local community college and IMO the instructor scammed half the class to drop after the first test (which of course was after refund period).
Buried in the syllabus you got a choice to replace a grade with a score on the next test, so the instructor made the first test super hard, the highest grade was a 70% and a class average 30%. So most that scored below 50% dropped, the instructor then only had to teach half the class, that had a better grasp to teach. The next test was a breeze, class average 80%.
So anyway, anything buried in the syllabus about dropping or replacing a test?
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