Working through Study.Com courses?

[acamp]

Good morning all!
So I completed my first study.com MATH course (besides the required personal finance course).   I scored a 68, and then a 84, 82 on the 3 practice tests I took (granted they were only 50 questions out of the 70 questions).  

I took my proctored final exam last night (which the ID is still showing up blurry??) and by God's GRACE I passed with a 57% (literally one question I believe).  

BUT, in college when I was younger I was always a A/B+ student.  Getting a 57% on my final exam is not an accomplishment to me and shows me that I didn't really learn the material (which I WANT to learn the material - I don't want to just pass the course since that defeats the purpose which is disheartening).

My question to the knowledgeable people out there (as you all are), how do you go about SUCCESSFULLY passing and LEARNING the material in a math course - whether its on study.com/sophia/etc???   I watched EVERY video (all 110 of them!).  I took every quiz (obviously you have to and they give you the right answers so if you don't get a 100 on every quiz thats on you) but still did not really learn the material.

Any help, suggestions, comments, insights, wisdom on this?  I don't want to just BARELY pass (or fail!) the courses for math - I need to actually learn them.

Thank you all in advance!  you have been a TREMENDOUS help to me.

What rachel83az is the best advice on the matter - Khan Academy.

Thankfully, I'm good at math and simply going to do the GRE after a few weeks review to squeeze the 24 credits out of it.

However, if you want to learn Math with understanding, there is no shortcut.  I can vouch for the quality of the instructional videos available at Khan Academy. They are very thorough and they take you step by step (almost too much detail, if you ask me).

davewill's point is also very true.  Math takes a lot of work.  Practice makes perfect and cements the concepts in your mind.

Good morning and thank you for your reply. As for Khan, where do you start though? If I type in a skill to learn, I get thousands of results and don’t know which videos are the good ones since there are so many and varying time lengths.

[MSK9]

Like was mentioned, Khan Academy is a great resource. That said, I'm finishing Mathematical Reasoning on Study.com. As I have largely neglected math since middle / high school, I've taken time to try to relearn the concepts presented. The trick to learning it and developing competency, I think, is (like davewill said) is repetition. I've also taken tons of notes (thirty six and a half pages) to reinforce the information. Good luck!

[dfrecore]

Good morning and thank you for your reply.  As for Khan, where do you start though?  If I type in a skill to learn, I get thousands of results and don’t know which videos are the good ones since there are so many and varying time lengths.

I started with an actual course, rather than a specific skill.  So, for example, you could choose Algebra I (high school algebra) or Integrated Math I (new common core math that is a combination of algebra, geometry and stats).  I also needed to start low, so I've worked my way through every grade (K-8th), as well as by Subject.  That way, I kind of bounce around and don't get bored.  I also only do the Mastery Challenges - so if one grade gives me several Mastery Challenges but then stops and makes me start working through the different skills, I move to another subject or grade.  I'm at 100% for a bunch of grades and subjects, but only a small percentage of the way through others (12% of Precalculus for example).  The nice thing is that as you move through and master the skills in the Mastery Challenges, it updates every grade/subject for you.

I spend around 30 minutes at a time working through Mastery Challenges, and I feel like that's plenty of time to get me going into "math mode" but not doing so much that I start to get frustrated.

The bad news is, it takes time to get through everything.

[acamp]

Good morning and thank you for your reply.  As for Khan, where do you start though?  If I type in a skill to learn, I get thousands of results and don’t know which videos are the good ones since there are so many and varying time lengths.

I started with an actual course, rather than a specific skill.  So, for example, you could choose Algebra I (high school algebra) or Integrated Math I (new common core math that is a combination of algebra, geometry and stats).  I also needed to start low, so I've worked my way through every grade (K-8th), as well as by Subject.  That way, I kind of bounce around and don't get bored.  I also only do the Mastery Challenges - so if one grade gives me several Mastery Challenges but then stops and makes me start working through the different skills, I move to another subject or grade.  I'm at 100% for a bunch of grades and subjects, but only a small percentage of the way through others (12% of Precalculus for example).  The nice thing is that as you move through and master the skills in the Mastery Challenges, it updates every grade/subject for you.

I spend around 30 minutes at a time working through Mastery Challenges, and I feel like that's plenty of time to get me going into "math mode" but not doing so much that I start to get frustrated.

The bad news is, it takes time to get through everything.

Good morning,
As always, thank you for your info on this. Do you access KHAN on your laptop or APP? I am trying to find the mastery challenges on the app (under Algebra 1 for example) but I can’t find any of them.

Do you suggest using it on the computer to get to those? Thanks again

[dfrecore]

Good morning,
As always, thank you for your info on this.  Do you access KHAN on your laptop or APP?  I am trying to find the mastery challenges on the app (under Algebra 1 for example) but I can’t find any of them.

Do you suggest using it on the computer to get to those?  Thanks again

I have no idea how the app works, I've always used my computer.

[vpassenheim]

Good morning all!
So I completed my first study.com MATH course (besides the required personal finance course).   I scored a 68, and then a 84, 82 on the 3 practice tests I took (granted they were only 50 questions out of the 70 questions).  

I took my proctored final exam last night (which the ID is still showing up blurry??) and by God's GRACE I passed with a 57% (literally one question I believe).  

BUT, in college when I was younger I was always a A/B+ student.  Getting a 57% on my final exam is not an accomplishment to me and shows me that I didn't really learn the material (which I WANT to learn the material - I don't want to just pass the course since that defeats the purpose which is disheartening).

My question to the knowledgeable people out there (as you all are), how do you go about SUCCESSFULLY passing and LEARNING the material in a math course - whether its on study.com/sophia/etc???   I watched EVERY video (all 110 of them!).  I took every quiz (obviously you have to and they give you the right answers so if you don't get a 100 on every quiz thats on you) but still did not really learn the material.

Any help, suggestions, comments, insights, wisdom on this?  I don't want to just BARELY pass (or fail!) the courses for math - I need to actually learn them.

Thank you all in advance!  you have been a TREMENDOUS help to me.

What rachel83az is the best advice on the matter - Khan Academy.

Thankfully, I'm good at math and simply going to do the GRE after a few weeks review to squeeze the 24 credits out of it.

However, if you want to learn Math with understanding, there is no shortcut.  I can vouch for the quality of the instructional videos available at Khan Academy. They are very thorough and they take you step by step (almost too much detail, if you ask me).

davewill's point is also very true.  Math takes a lot of work.  Practice makes perfect and cements the concepts in your mind.

Good morning and thank you for your reply.  As for Khan, where do you start though?  If I type in a skill to learn, I get thousands of results and don’t know which videos are the good ones since there are so many and varying time lengths.

acamp,

Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I should have subscribed to this.

What I did was go back to review some skills until I found a level of skills I wanted to practice and tried some problems out.  The system is interactive, so it will tell you if you got something wrong what the solution is and the associated videos to watch teaching that concept.

They break down math levels in very fine details (can't think of the word that expresses that better lol!).  Anyway, I think the following link should help you more:

https://khanacademy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us...-knowledge-