And, if it's a math (or math-ish) book that works through example problems: try to work the example problems yourself, based on the material preceding it, _befo

And, if it's a math (or math-ish) book that works through example problems: try to work the example problems yourself, based on the material preceding it, _before_ reading the author's worked-out solution. Then you'll be able to make a lot more sense of the presented answer. (I wish I had figured that out as an undergraduate).