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The Calculus 3 Tutor: Volume 1 - 10 Hour Course - 3 DVD Set - Learn by examples!

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I have purchased the following dvd's from Jason:

1) Calculus 1 & 2 Help
2) Advanced Calculus 2 Help
3) Calculus 3 Vol. 1 Help
4) Calculus 3 Vol. 2 Help

Let me start by saying that these videos are FANTASTIC! I am a "non-traditional" engineering student in my 30's. I was in the military for 11 years and am now back in school. With this large a gap inbetween school classes, I was bound to forget some topics. First day of calculus 1 class I was lost. That night I scoured the internet for tutorials etc and found Jason's site. I am so THANKFUL that I did.

Jason, just has a way with his teaching. He never rushes through topics, only gives you information that is the most important, and I think most importantly shows you how to work problems step by tedious step. With his dvd's and some practice I was able to get an A in calc 1 & 2, and am on my way to one in calc 3.

This Calc 3 video is especially well done. He absolutely does the BEST job I have seen at explaining vectors. They are a breeze after watching this video. The section on double integrals stands out to me as well.

If you are struggling, or just looking to raise that low A to a high A, believe me, these videos are the keys to your success. How can you go wrong with a study aid that actually takes calculus and turns it into "plain english"??? That is exactly what these videos accomplish!!

I was struggling in Calculus III because of a few concepts that went over my head in the beginning. I ran into "The Calculus 3 Tutor" while searching for study aids to bring up my grades, and it is more than worth the money. Jason breaks everything down into the most basic instructions, and doesn't skip any steps.

I love how you can just rewind it if you miss anything or need more clarity, try doing that with a University professor. :) I recommend this for any Calculus student that is struggling or just wants a better understanding of the subject.

This DVD series is an excellent support for Precalculus and Calculus. Is this the right choice for you, though? You must consider whether or not you want to learn Calculus or be entertained. The presenter is not very entertaining - not boring, but hey, he's trying to present Calculus. Many videos are just a little less expensive but for 30 minutes to one hour of instruction. These videos provide 10-14 hours of instruction. So $ for $ I found these extremely helpful compared to others.

If you do not have the option of video-recording your professor or having access to other on-line Calculus video lectures, this is a great supplement for the serious student who can ignore the speaker continually saying "ok" (a bit annoying - 30 times per hour) and who doesn't mind this being like a videotaped lecture.

The presentation of the topics is usually pretty clear. It's great being able to rewind sections. I even occasionally ran the DVD at 1.5 and 2X speed to get through review sections faster.

Hopefully in the next several years there will be enough of these presentations on line for free by various professors - but if you're taking calculus now then go for this one today.

If you get Volume 1 of Calculus 3 definitely consider volume 2 as well.

I am a returning student, getting my certification to become a math teacher after several years in the corporate world, and I'm reviewing all the math I learned (or, rather, thought I'd learned) in undergrad. Full disclosure, I took calculus through DiffEQ back in college. But I haven't touched any math more challenging than my tax returns in over ten years, so I'm rusty. This DVD series brought it all back, and then some. I find myself understanding the calculus WAY better now than I did the first time through, and I attribute that understanding, in large part, to watching these DVDs. For each section, I typically watch the introduction, then when I get to the example problems, I pause the video and try to work the example myself before watching Jason's explanation. I find this really helps me "get" the underlying logic of the problem (and work on my weaknesses). Five stars, two thumbs way up, excellent product!

If it wasn't for these DVDs I wouldn't have passed calc 1 or calc 2.
I found out about these DVDs after I was failing calc 1, and with his help I got a 99/100 on my last test and final!!! I also passed the second calculus class with a 96%

He explains things point by point and works enough examples to drive the concepts home.

These DVDs are excellent an I would HIGHLY recommend them to anyone!

If you look at Jason's collection of DVDs you will see I have written reviews for many of them now. I believe in these products and they have helped me get some of the highest grades in my classes. I will start out by saying, personally Calc 3 is the hardest class I have taken so far working myself through the calculus sequence. At is core, it is just applying the concepts from Calc I and II to functions of two or more variables. There are however a lot of detailed concepts within that which makes the material somewhat tricky and can trip people up. This DVD covers the material you will see in the first 1/3 to 1/2 of a semester of Calc 3. Like in all Jason's DVDs it does not cover every detail of what you are going to see in class, but it will go through the fundamental concepts that you need to have down in order to do well. If you do not get this stuff, you will be hopelessly lost when you get to the material that is not presented here. I have used enough of his material now to get an idea of how he puts these DVDs together. The problems on here are the ones you are most likely to see on a final exam. If you go through the material on this and his Calc 3 volume 2 DVD you will get (depending on your instructor of course) get about 80% of the kind of things you will be exposed to on a final. It is not a substitute for going to class and doing homework. In the end your teacher is probably going to select problems from the book and what he or she assigns for homework to put on the tests and there is only one way to know what that is. Also, there are a lot of crappy multivariable textbooks out there. The one I used was horrible, so I really relied on this DVD and the material from my teacher's lectures to figure the material out. As I have said, if watching a lecture on video is conducive to your learning style, these will be immensely helpful. Jason starts with basic examples and goes through to more complex (but not the hardest) problems going through step by step. I think this is well worth the investment, and will help break down what is a complex subject into something that you can understand, and given that this material shows up in classes such as calculus based physics and engineering courses, it will help you beyond just the multivariable calculus class.

These DVDs are really useful if you are having any blind spots in calculus. The instructor does a GREAT job of explaining things in understandable, practical terms and is extremely thorough with solving examples. He explains things on an application level that is a lot easier to understand and transfer to the abstract than the normal way this stuff is taught which is usually from the abstract down to the practical. Five stars, this guy is probably a way better teacher than your professor and they are worth a lot more than the price.

The content of this DVD is very educational. Ehe instructor is extremely well qualified and proficient. He made me uncerstand the subject.

I thought that these Calculus DVD's were excellent. I have watched them several times, assisting me in internalizing the fundamentals of calculus. I would recommend this DVD to anyone who would dare ask.

It has helped me understand Calculus 3 much better than the book. After reviewing this CD, I would look at my math book and feel that I can take it on since I have some knowledge about it. Thanks for making this possible for me.