<p>So I've been struggling with my AP Calculus BC class. The content is somewhat hard to understand, and I'm barely pulling C's here. My textbook at school is probably the worst, and my teacher is not that great either. I've tried asking her questions but she seems to be either too busy or she doesn't know the answer to my questions. I've been working hard, and I don't know what I do wrong. I usually take an hour to complete the homework(average 20-25 problems), and what shows up on the class quizzes and tests is beyond what I know. I'm also willing to work with the bad book. The notes aren't the best, either. How else do I push my grades up to a high B? What can I do to improve my strategies to get my high B?</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation that you are, except in Physics C. I would really recommend watching videos on youtube as they can help a lot! As the poster said above, PatrickJMT is really good, as well as WOWmath (Youtube Channel). Hopefully with those you can help pull your grade up! </p>
<p>Ive been studying BC Calc on my own since last week and Ive been doing well so far. Ive covered nearly all of the BC Course thanks to two things, (1) I have a knack for understand Math really fast, fortunately and (2) there are SO MANY resources on the internet that you can use for FREE. As previous posters have said:</p>
<p>KhanAcademy: Search for his youtube videos or youtube playlists made by other users on the topic, try to stray away from the actual website, i feel it doesn’t cover the whole subject with enough depth for full understanding.</p>
<p>PatrickJMT: This guy is a hero. He has TONS of example problems, great for practicing problems after you’ve covered/understood the theory from the KhanAcademy videos</p>
<p>MIT OpernCourseWare: Video Lectures on almost all BC topics from one of the greatest universities in the world, the explanations are really good but there aren’t enough practice problems to completely grasp the subject</p>
<p>IntegralCalc: I think thats the youtube name anyway, another great source for Calc explanations. </p>
<p>I suggest you try to identify what subjects you haven‘t mastered, look them up on these sources. After several videos and examples, go back to your textbook and do a bunch of practice problems, try to even go past the HW assignments (for example if the particular assignment is to do 1-15 on a group of problems, try to do the rest from that same group) Work on the practice problems carefully, try to do the first couple odd numbered exercises and check the answers, if you get them wrong go back and figure out what you did wrong, don’t just skip it. </p>
<p>Solve a problem until you get it right. After the first couple odd numbered exercises that you get right, by now you will have a pretty good understanding of the subject, try to solve it and imagine you are explaining it to someone that doesn’t understand it at all. This will help you kind of go back and make sure you aren’t getting ahead of yourself and making mistakes, as well as allow you to gain a much deeper level of understanding. If you can explain it, you have mastered it.</p>
<p>patrickjmt is a life saver. I have never considered myself to be a strong math student (I generally make low A’s for semester grades in math, and I got an 89 for my second semester grade in Pre-Cal last year). I’m in Calc BC now, and I’m pulling in a 95+. My teacher is really good, but he moves too fast at times. patrickjmt’s videos have really helped me during times I felt the class was moving to quickly. They’re also fairly short, so that’s a plus.</p>
<p>Find out your school’s restrictions. I’m taking multivariable calculus and I’ve noticed that a ton of concepts in the class are a repeat of the BC material I learned last year. So for my school, you can just do AB and skip BC, but each school is different</p>