In my opinion, the problem in later calculus is that is easy to stall without being able to see why. I did my EE in '94-97, and I had some exceptionally strong subjects, combined with a half-hour wait for the train. I answered questions in those topics. When I stalled in what was then referred to as math6, I used that goodwill to borrow the brain of the guy getting perfect scores while sleeping. I had almost understood something, enough for it to 'work', reinforcing the idea that I understood that part, only to have it fail later. Faculty knew who was doing this - twice I was asked to drop by the relevant offices when a student that had been a solid fail performed suspiciously well at exam.
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In my opinion, the problem in later calculus is that is easy to stall without being able to see why.
I did my EE in '94-97, and I had some exceptionally strong subjects, combined with a half-hour wait for the train. I answered questions in those topics. When I stalled in what was then referred to as math6, I used that goodwill to borrow the brain of the guy getting perfect scores while sleeping. I had almost understood something, enough for it to 'work', reinforcing the idea that I understood that part, only to have it fail later.
Faculty knew who was doing this - twice I was asked to drop by the relevant offices when a student that had been a solid fail performed suspiciously well at exam.
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