Thank you guys for your input. I have never really had anxiety about math until this class. In hs I finished dual enrollment calculus 1 with an A (the credit only transferred as math 125 so I had to go back to precalc), so I don’t think it’s the content causing it.
If I could withdraw I would, but it’s required for my major.
That problem solving method is actually pretty helpful, bopper, thank you! I’ll try that; hopefully it helps slow me down and forces me to think through it.
I think the problem is that I don’t understand the steps to get to the solution.
To help clarify, I’ll use an example. Say they want the value of cos^-1((2pi)/3). I know that I need to use the unit circle (or angles) but the logic falls apart when I try to figure out where (2pi)/3 is. Assuming I figure that out, the problem then is what cosine of that is, and finally how to get the inverse of it.
Even if I get the steps right, I usually have no idea how to go through them.