A new study method: making videos

“You understand something when you can explain it.”

Context

Tomorrow, I have an AP Precalculus test on unit 2B. To study, I decided to try making tutorial videos on how to solve varying math problems. All of them are up on my YouTube channel or will be by the beginning of tomorrow.

YouTube Channel linked above.

The Method

The problems stem from two resources- flippedmath.com and the worksheets that my school gives me. I go through all of the FlippedMath practice problems first, then I go over the mistakes I originally made, before reviewing the OPHS worksheets. My goal is to practice working through problems, step by step. I recognize on tests, I tend to skip a lot of the steps in thinking through a problem and fumble simple things, making dumb mistakes.

(My) Science

By talking through my mistakes and through problems, I train my brain to proceed through math problems with step-by-step thinking.

Effectiveness

I cannot verify the effectiveness of this method until after the test. Even so, the results of one test cannot declare the effectiveness of this entire method. However, I figured it was worth a shot as I do my best to do well in AP Precalculus.

Final Thoughts

This was a relatively short blog post as I have more videos to make :)

Thank you for reading!