I’ve learned a lot about studying math by tutoring math. This page nicely
sums up much of what I have learned. I would also add that to get the most
out of studying you need to do the right sort of problem at the right
time. If you just do a bunch of math problems for the sake of doing the
problems, after you’ve read the chapter, you will get something out of the
experience, I’m sure, but if you do them for a particular reason when you
are feeling a particular motivation (for example if you are motivated to
practice a basic skill because you’ve just learned that you need it in
order to be able to do something more complicated) then you will get more
out of them. I think a lot of doing well in math is digging up the
particular motivations you need to get the material stuck and organized in
your head. That can be really challenging!
posted at 12:10 on Tue, 15 Mar, 2005 |
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