My best calculus professor I had, the course was 3 hours with two 15 minute breaks in between, twice a week, tues/thurs. The first half was spent going over hom

My best calculus professor I had, the course was 3 hours with two 15 minute breaks in between, twice a week, tues/thurs. The first half was spent going over homework assigned the previous class. He would answer every question no matter how fundamental it was and go back to basics if it was necessary for instance synthetic division, or identity substitution. After he went over the homework problems, he would only go over the problems which were given answers to(in the book), we would cover new material and this would be repeated until we had a test, which was usually roughly ever 5 classes, so every 3rd week was a new exam. But by the time you got to exam time, you had a pretty good grasp on the material. The key for me was that he picked problems in the book which I was able to obtain a solutions manual for to help me through the mechanics of the problems. I would only ask for help on problems which were poorly explained in the solutions manual. Ironically the solutions manual was pretty worthless, It just gave you some confidence to move forward since it provided key points in the solutions. I ended up with 2 B's in his Calculus 1 & 2 courses, ended up taking Calc3 & Diff Eq, got A's in both courses because of how i learned in the first 2 calculus courses. Not sure this really helps. Just my experience. In the end, letting me go home to do my work with the perception that I could get a partial understanding of the material when I wasn't in class was a huge deal. Frustrated students don't want to study, unless they can get some help from someone who knows more than themselves. So having access to manuals which help you mechanically solve problems are beneficial until you can get back into class. BTW, I took these courses at a community college.