Whole Brain Post

For most of my fall semester Calculus I have struggled fully understanding and comprehending the content of the class. The first chapter we went over was especially troubling for me. I could not get any of the information I learned to stick in my brain. I feel that if I had taken a more creative approach or reached out to others for assistance, I wouldn't have had as many issues with the class. The big issue I had was understanding the abstract concepts that are present in some parts of Calculus. The concepts in Calculus are ultimately left brain oriented. By taking a different, more creative approach, I could have more easily understood what I was learning. Although Calculus is predominantly a left brained subject I could have integrated right brained thinking in order to alleviate some of the stress of learning a complex subject. This is not specific to a certain event or project from this semester, but I think over all right brained thinking could have been applied to my Calculus class. Even after that first tough chapter, I did not try to find more creative ways to retain information. I will try in incorporate right brained thinking into my future difficult classes.