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In my experience, drilling doesn't lead to an understanding and rather to simply repeating the exercise from memory. A true understanding of the matter will ge
by zaarn 8y ago
In my experience, drilling doesn't lead to an understanding and rather to simply repeating the exercise from memory.
A true understanding of the matter will get you farther than being able to recite past exercises, especially once you write an exam where the numbers and exercises have changed a lot so they will require understanding.
- dbtqgoat 8y agoYou’re correct that it won’t create a better understanding but it will increase performance.
- Viliam1234 8y agoRight. Understanding and performance are both necessary for mastery. Without understanding, if you ever misremember something, you will be unable to find and correct your mistake. And if you forget something, then it's gone, until you find a textbook and memorize it again. On the other hand, solving larger problems in math requires solving dozens of smaller problems along the way. When you have to stop and think about the small problem, you lose the big picture, and then you need to backtrack, which slows you down and frustrates you. Understanding needs to come first, but practice is the necessary second step.