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Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - Bigshay - 02-22-2019
Hie guys
If anyone has done calculus 1 or 2 with straighterline, please let me know how you found it. ll the way from the materials, instructions to exams. II am not in the USA so I cannot take CLEP etc, so this is my only option.
Kind regards
Big Shay
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - bjcheung77 - 02-22-2019
Which degree are you going for and at which school?? Are you looking to take just Calculus I or both Calculus I & II?
Study.com also offers Calculus I and it's worth 6 credits at TESU. However, it's a slimmed down version of the subject.
If you really want to learn Calculus, the StraighterLine courses are more rewarding as it's closer to a real college course.
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - MNomadic - 02-22-2019
I've read that some of it is out of order.
There are a few other options for calculus 1 that you may consider. Saylor and study.com have calculus 1, however I don't personally believe that study.com's calc 1 course can adequately prepare you for calc 2.
Regardless of your platform choice, I think you would be well served by using other resources, such as khan academy(free) to supplement your studies.
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - Bigshay - 02-22-2019
(02-22-2019, 05:40 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Which degree are you going for and at which school?? Are you looking to take just Calculus I or both Calculus I & II?
Study.com also offers Calculus I and it's worth 6 credits at TESU. However, it's a slimmed down version of the subject.
If you really want to learn Calculus, the StraighterLine courses are more rewarding as it's closer to a real college course.
Hie bjcheung77, I am doing both to fulfill the requirements for an education here in Denmark, datamatiker its called....I have heard that the straighterline courses are more rigid but also heard that graded exams are loosely connected to the thinkwell videos which is why I am enquiring...Have you taken either if I may ask?
(02-22-2019, 05:45 PM)MNomadic Wrote: I've read that some of it is out of order.
There are a few other options for calculus 1 that you may consider. Saylor and study.com have calculus 1, however I don't personally believe that study.com's calc 1 course can adequately prepare you for calc 2.
Regardless of your platform choice, I think you would be well served by using other resources, such as khan academy(free) to supplement your studies.
Hie MNomadic, I have also read something similar..I am also looking at westcott courses....but thank you for the quick response
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - mysonx3 - 02-22-2019
I started the class, but for reasons unrelated to the class (my educational journey has been very complicated) ended up stopping partway to pursue my Calc credits elsewhere. I very much enjoyed the video content (the guy in the videos is pretty cringy in his humor attempts, but gets the point across well)
Since I renewed my SL membership recently, I actually have been using this class (since I already bought it) to help me study for the class I'm taking for credit.
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - armstrongsubero - 02-23-2019
Some may disagree with me but having completed the study.com vourse and SL Calc I though not for credit and currently working on calc II. This is my $0.02.
Firstly before doing Calc I or Calc II watch 'Highlights of Calculus' from Giilbert Strang at MIT OCW on youtube it will make Calc a lot easier. It gives an EXCELLENT grasp of the subject.
Do the SDC course first to get a good overview of the subject and get 6 credits, then buy the SL Calc I and Calc II courses.
Go through the Calc I on your own before starting SL Calc II. Supplement your Calc II with professor Leonard from Youtube. Since I found him many others have found success.
If you insist on doing the Calc I at SL there is a lot of disconnect with thinkwell questions and the quizzes, but after doing SDC Calc it make a whole lot of sense. Its not that thinkwell is bad, its fun! Its just the SL quizzes dont line up with content though it gets bettwr as you move along.
But if you plan to do Calc II from SL buy the Calc I course and go through it even if you are doing the SDC one for credit. Its a very rigid course and Calc I is very important so you need the good knowledge.
The SDC course is too watered down but gives a good overview.
The SDC course is about a 5 in difficulty and the SL course about a 7.
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - Supermind - 02-23-2019
Khan academy can help you prepare well for Calculus. Quite an extensive course- entirely free.
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - MrBossmanJr - 02-23-2019
I like the MITcourseware YouTube videos on single variable calculus. I learned more from those videos than when I took in back in 2009 and recently from a CC combined.
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - dutchman - 02-24-2019
I took both SL Calc I and Calc II back-to-back late last year. I wrote reviews #93 and #104 in the course review thread below.
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-The-official-guide-to-courses-by-Straighterline-Study-et-al-We-want-YOUR-input?page=10
RE: Please review straighterline calculus for me!! - Bigshay - 03-10-2019
(02-24-2019, 02:46 PM)dutchman Wrote: I took both SL Calc I and Calc II back-to-back late last year. I wrote reviews #93 and #104 in the course review thread below.
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-The-official-guide-to-courses-by-Straighterline-Study-et-al-We-want-YOUR-input?page=10
Hie Dutchman, thank you for the response, I read the review and I have a question with regards to the "surprise questions", I have read about....Did you encounter any "surprise questions"? I.e. Questions about topics not covered in the readings, or at least the readings pertaining to the chapter in question.
(02-23-2019, 07:45 PM)armstrongsubero Wrote: Some may disagree with me but having completed the study.com vourse and SL Calc I though not for credit and currently working on calc II. This is my $0.02.Armstrong, thank you for the response! I think I will go with the straighterline but I am very worried about this issue of disjointed questions, I mean that is very tricky and quite unfair in my opinion, but lets see.
Firstly before doing Calc I or Calc II watch 'Highlights of Calculus' from Giilbert Strang at MIT OCW on youtube it will make Calc a lot easier. It gives an EXCELLENT grasp of the subject.
Do the SDC course first to get a good overview of the subject and get 6 credits, then buy the SL Calc I and Calc II courses.
Go through the Calc I on your own before starting SL Calc II. Supplement your Calc II with professor Leonard from Youtube. Since I found him many others have found success.
If you insist on doing the Calc I at SL there is a lot of disconnect with thinkwell questions and the quizzes, but after doing SDC Calc it make a whole lot of sense. Its not that thinkwell is bad, its fun! Its just the SL quizzes dont line up with content though it gets bettwr as you move along.
But if you plan to do Calc II from SL buy the Calc I course and go through it even if you are doing the SDC one for credit. Its a very rigid course and Calc I is very important so you need the good knowledge.
The SDC course is too watered down but gives a good overview.
The SDC course is about a 5 in difficulty and the SL course about a 7.
Kind regards
Bigshay