I am currently studying Mathematics and Physics and there are a lot of questions which aren’t available on Chegg, so I was wondering if there was an way to get these answers without actually paying up for the subscription.
https://homeworkify.eu/ helps! but it’s rather lengthy. I mean, I have to give it my email and prove that I am a human, open email and then click on the link to get a solution. Is there an easier way?
Use wolfram alpha for math. It has a free option… it allowed me to check all of my work in my college math. Its great.
Physics professor here. I am very disappointed in you.
I am writing exams. I am not in a university. i.e., this is not graded.
This is not HW help tbh! I just want to understand it and understand how to solve it. I don’t have enough time to ponder over each question
Textbook companies along with Chegg (which is owned by a textbook company IIRC), and organizations like College Board and World News and Report form what you might call the Educational Industrial Complex. Just like Big Pharma or Big Tech, their goal is power through exploitation. You might check out OpenStax for a text (it’s free) and r/physics (as much as I’d prefer not sending people to reddit). Or DM me. I’d be glad to help. It’s literally my job.
I do have a suggestion. Look at what answers you can. Then, revisit the material in a month. If you can reproduce it cold, then your approach is a good one. If not, I suggest you approach it the way everyone preceding you has ever understood it: ponder.
If you take me up on helping, I don’t want to waste your time. I’m not going to solve your homework. I’m going to engage in Socratic dialog, asking you questions until you figure it out on your own.
Lastly, given that I’m old and that I have had more than one student, I don’t believe you. ;)
Homework should be free points anyways. Most of the grade should be exams.
I have to disagree. If points are free, why even have the homework in the first place? To have students pay out the nose for some shitty online homework system? Grades should include homework and classwork constituting what is called Formative Assessment and exams forming what is called Summative or Cumulative Assessment. The idea being Formative Assessment giving you feedback as you are learning and Summative Assessment telling you if you have mastered the material at the end. This is the approach I employ with students earning on average 60 percent of the formative assessment points. Their work does not reflect mastery and the entire point of grading, whether it is used that way or not, is to indicate to students that there is room for improvement. After earning 60% of the points, students adjust so that by the time they get to exams, their work does reflect mastery. Any other way does not show the growth students are capable of. Now, I am not ignorant of the importance students place on grades and how much stress they put on themselves to get top marks (whether that stress is justified or not). So regardless of how I use grades internally in my courses to motivate growth, almost all of my students earn A’s as their external grade. In the end, it’s a win win system. Students maximally grow, and the risk/perception of failure is mitigated. You’ll also notice I always use positive language. I.e. I do not take points off; students earn or I award points. Seems like a small thing, but framing something as a reward rather than a punishment makes a difference.
