The hard part of Calc II
This material covers what is for many people the hardest part of Calc II. The area and volume integration problems and integration by parts. Jason does several problems on the disk, shell and washer methods for calculating volume, and tons of integration by parts problems. There are a couple other topics that he covers, but those are the big ones. The two things I wish he would have showed in this set was the table method for integration by parts that makes the problems much quicker and easier, and show some of the washer, shell and disk method problems revolving around the alternate axis. Even without those, he explains the concept far better than the book ever does.
There are a couple caveats I want to make. There are several integration techniques that you will get exposed to in class that are not on this or volume 1 of this set. They are however covered on his calculus 1 & 2 tutor and advanced calculus 2 tutor DVDs. This is really just fleshing out what was on...
Like having 1 out of 2 crutches.
The price of these DVD's are a bit on the high end, but it is well worth it. This professor tries his best to teach you the meat and potatoes of Introductory Calculus. The only problem with these dvd's is that they need to be accompanied by some sort of workbook in order to reinforce the concepts he is trying to teach you.He even mentions this during the tutorials, telling us to pause and do some problems on our own! I have yet to find the right book for the job. Don't bother with the Calculus for Dummies workbook, it's a jumbled mess. I'm looking for a workbook that gradually teaches you each concept through various problems ranging from easy to difficult. If any of you find it, please let me know. I'm trying so hard to CLEP out of Calculus.
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