Questions tagged [self-learning]
Questions about how someone learns on their his or her own, outside of traditional classroom environments.
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The Use of Sound in Mathematics
I asked this question on Mathematics Stack Exchange first. It was well-received, but put on hold as off-topic. This site seems more appropriate. Here it is verbatim.
I'm not sure that this question ...
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I wanna learn math! [closed]
I'm a 25 years old guy and I wanna learn math. I haven't had a good relationship with them until now. My background is that I know how to add, subtract and multiply. In theory I also know how to ...
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Learning a topic deeply [closed]
I am currently a "self-studier", so the manner in which I learn is I have a textbook and I work through it in a relatively linear fashion. As I am introduced to new concepts I ask questions (...
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Advice on studying mathematical biology [closed]
I am really passionate about theoretical and quantitative biology and I would like to build my future career around this topic.
I've just got my bachelor's degree in biology (ecology) but scince I've ...
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Looking for an online mathematics practice resource
Forgive me if this is off topic, but I've been looking for an online resource that I can use to polish up and improve my math skills. I've looked at math.com and purplemath.com but they don't have ...
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Summer Mathematics Workbooks for Elementary and Middle School
There is a wide variety of summer mathematics workbooks available for students in elementary and middle school (see here). With summer coming up, these books seem to be available everywhere. Thus my ...
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Are there technique to help with poor recall?
Let's be clear from the start - I'm NOT a maths educator.
I have a reasonable aptitude for maths: I've passed my high-school level exams in the subject, taken a life science degree and gone on to ...
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How do you revise?
I'm not too sure if this is the right place for my question, but I couldn't think of anywhere more suited.
I am a first year university Math student, I am currently revising for six end of year ...
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Why do most of the books in mathematics not include answers?
I am currently going through the Topics in Algebra by I.N. Herstein. The problems are pretty good, but there are no answers. The same is the case with Mathematical Analysis by Rudin.
Why is this?
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Lesson plan to self-teach real analysis to student with comp-sci background
For my background, I'm a software engineer currently studying for his master's degree in information security. But when that's all done, I plan on going back to mathematics to keep me busy. But with ...
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