What concept do you feel like you mastered this nine weeks? What concept did you struggle with the most? Why? What can you change this nine weeks in your study habits, etc to improve your grade?
I feel like I have finally mastered the product rule this nine weeks. I memorized it in words so that it is easier to write down. (recopy 1st)(derivative 2nd) + (recopy 2nd)(derivative 1st). Its just that simple. I've also mastered finding derivatives, the long way and the short way. Of course, the shortcut is way easier, but I can derive either way. I did not have a problem with learning limits, but that was the first thing that we learned. The concept that I struggled the most with was the chain rule and the quotient rule. I do not know why I struggled so much with the chain rule. I guess I just need more practice with it. I just don't know when to use it and when it has the product rule inside of it, that messes me up. I just get so confused when you have to figure out which rule is inside of the other rule. I understand the quotient rule, but sometimes I have a hard time with it. I guess I can change some of my study habits next nine weeks, by doing ALL of my homework when it is given, and doing my blogs and blog prompts. I understand the concepts of what we learn in class and I can do the homework problems in class when I have help, but as soon as I get home and try to do them, I go blank. I forget EVERYTHING that we learned in class. But I know for a fact that this nine weeks I WILL NOT slack and I will do all my blogs and all of my homework.
This nine weeks I learned a lot from relearning about limits to learning how to take derivatives use the product rule and quotient rule the chain rule and recently how to take the implicit derivative. the one thing that I feel like I mastered this nine weeks would have to be how to take the derivative. Weather it be by using the f(x+Δx)-f(x)/Δx or it be the short cut. One thing that I kind of struggled with when we first learned it was how to use the product rule and quotient rule. I think that I struggled with those two formulas the most is because I didn’t do my homework for that section. The thing that I can change about my study habits is to do my homework and take more time to study before we take test. Something that would help my grade out is studying more and doing my homework.
This nine weeks, I feel like i finally mastered how to solve derivatives (with or without the shortcut). Also i understand better on how you do the quotient rule and the product rule. For example this product rule is: (recopy first)(derivative 2nd) + (recopy 2nd)(derivative of 1st). I found it easy as i practiced it more and more. What i struggled with the most was seeing what stuff is differentiable and solving things dealing with vertical asymptotes, now i think i am finally starting to understand how to solve problems like that. And finally, the way i can improve my study habits for this nine weeks so i can do better is: by asking a lot more questions, understanding everything completely, and making sure i keep up with the homework.
this nine weeks i really got the concepts of derivatives. for me it was really easy the long way and of course the shortcut was easy. i also understood the chain rule. while it takes a long time it was easy for me. i really could not grasp limits. i have no idea why. they seem easy enough but i just couldnt get them.
this nine weeks i will just try to take things slow. and break them down step by step.
This nine weeks the thing I mastered most has to be the shortcut to finding the derivative. I think its extremely easy and I do it so much that it has become like second nature. When its just a term like 2x^3 its extremely easy because you jus multiply the exponent times the coefficient then subtract one from the exponent. This means that for 2x^3 the derivative would be 6x^2. Like I said, this process is fairly easy. The only time it is any different is when you have negative exponents or fraction exponents, but you just follow the same formula then use algebra to simplify. I think the hardest thing this 9 weeks was the chain rule. I understand it ok now but it is still pretty hard in my opinion. As far as my study habits go, I’ve been doing pretty good with studying, especially in me Chauvin an Terrios study groups. Maybe I could spend a little more time in the books though.
I believe that this nine weeks I mastered....CALCULUS so far hahaha. The two things that I feel like I mastered the most was the shortcut method for taking derivatives and looking at a graph to find the limit. For the shortcut you just take the exponent of a problem and bring it to the front then subtract one from the exponent...ex. 8x^7 =56x^6. When looking at a graph you look for the point on a line and write down the y-coordinate. The thing I struggled most on was the word problems. I think I struggled on this because when I look at a lot of words I give up and take a guess on the answer. In order to pick up my grades next nine weeks I think I'll pay attention even when we do word problems and when I'm taking a test and I get stumped on a problem I'll make sure to keep tract of the time so that I don't spend the whole class working on 4 problems.
This nine weeks i have to say i mastered the product rule and the quotient rule. product rule:(recopy first equation)(derivative of the second equation)-(recopy second equation)(derivative of first equation) quotient rule:(bottom)(top derivative)-[(top)(bottom derivative)]/bottom equation squared I also master the chain rule pretty well too. I do understand how it works now and it is pretty easy. When you solve for the chain rule: you take the derivative of the outside, then derivative of the outside then recopy the inside, multiply by derivative inside. d/dx f(g(x)) = f'(g(x)) X g'(x). The shortcut methos is extremely easy and way faster then making the charts. The one thing that i'm having a little difficulty on is the word problems.
I feel like I have finally mastered the product rule this nine weeks. I memorized it in words so that it is easier to write down. (recopy 1st)(derivative 2nd) + (recopy 2nd)(derivative 1st). Its just that simple. I've also mastered finding derivatives, the long way and the short way. Of course, the shortcut is way easier, but I can derive either way. I did not have a problem with learning limits, but that was the first thing that we learned. The concept that I struggled the most with was the chain rule and the quotient rule. I do not know why I struggled so much with the chain rule. I guess I just need more practice with it. I just don't know when to use it and when it has the product rule inside of it, that messes me up. I just get so confused when you have to figure out which rule is inside of the other rule. I understand the quotient rule, but sometimes I have a hard time with it. I guess I can change some of my study habits next nine weeks, by doing ALL of my homework when it is given, and doing my blogs and blog prompts. I understand the concepts of what we learn in class and I can do the homework problems in class when I have help, but as soon as I get home and try to do them, I go blank. I forget EVERYTHING that we learned in class. But I know for a fact that this nine weeks I WILL NOT slack and I will do all my blogs and all of my homework.
ReplyDeleteThis nine weeks I learned a lot from relearning about limits to learning how to take derivatives use the product rule and quotient rule the chain rule and recently how to take the implicit derivative. the one thing that I feel like I mastered this nine weeks would have to be how to take the derivative. Weather it be by using the f(x+Δx)-f(x)/Δx or it be the short cut. One thing that I kind of struggled with when we first learned it was how to use the product rule and quotient rule. I think that I struggled with those two formulas the most is because I didn’t do my homework for that section. The thing that I can change about my study habits is to do my homework and take more time to study before we take test. Something that would help my grade out is studying more and doing my homework.
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ReplyDeleteThis nine weeks, I feel like i finally mastered how to solve derivatives (with or without the shortcut). Also i understand better on how you do the quotient rule and the product rule. For example this product rule is: (recopy first)(derivative 2nd) + (recopy 2nd)(derivative of 1st). I found it easy as i practiced it more and more. What i struggled with the most was seeing what stuff is differentiable and solving things dealing with vertical asymptotes, now i think i am finally starting to understand how to solve problems like that. And finally, the way i can improve my study habits for this nine weeks so i can do better is: by asking a lot more questions, understanding everything completely, and making sure i keep up with the homework.
ReplyDeletethis nine weeks i really got the concepts of derivatives. for me it was really easy the long way and of course the shortcut was easy.
ReplyDeletei also understood the chain rule.
while it takes a long time
it was easy for me.
i really could not grasp limits.
i have no idea why.
they seem easy enough but i
just couldnt get them.
this nine weeks i will just try to take things slow.
and break them down step by step.
This nine weeks the thing I mastered most has to be the shortcut to finding the derivative. I think its extremely easy and I do it so much that it has become like second nature. When its just a term like 2x^3 its extremely easy because you jus multiply the exponent times the coefficient then subtract one from the exponent. This means that for 2x^3 the derivative would be 6x^2. Like I said, this process is fairly easy. The only time it is any different is when you have negative exponents or fraction exponents, but you just follow the same formula then use algebra to simplify. I think the hardest thing this 9 weeks was the chain rule. I understand it ok now but it is still pretty hard in my opinion. As far as my study habits go, I’ve been doing pretty good with studying, especially in me Chauvin an Terrios study groups. Maybe I could spend a little more time in the books though.
ReplyDeleteI believe that this nine weeks I mastered....CALCULUS so far hahaha. The two things that I feel like I mastered the most was the shortcut method for taking derivatives and looking at a graph to find the limit. For the shortcut you just take the exponent of a problem and bring it to the front then subtract one from the exponent...ex. 8x^7 =56x^6. When looking at a graph you look for the point on a line and write down the y-coordinate. The thing I struggled most on was the word problems. I think I struggled on this because when I look at a lot of words I give up and take a guess on the answer. In order to pick up my grades next nine weeks I think I'll pay attention even when we do word problems and when I'm taking a test and I get stumped on a problem I'll make sure to keep tract of the time so that I don't spend the whole class working on 4 problems.
ReplyDeleteThis nine weeks i have to say i mastered the product rule and the quotient rule. product rule:(recopy first equation)(derivative of the second equation)-(recopy second equation)(derivative of first equation)
ReplyDeletequotient rule:(bottom)(top derivative)-[(top)(bottom derivative)]/bottom equation squared
I also master the chain rule pretty well too. I do understand how it works now and it is pretty easy. When you solve for the chain rule: you take the derivative of the outside, then derivative of the outside then recopy the inside, multiply by derivative inside.
d/dx f(g(x)) = f'(g(x)) X g'(x). The shortcut methos is extremely easy and way faster then making the charts. The one thing that i'm having a little difficulty on is the word problems.