Depending on how the course is set up, maybe. Most math courses are not set up to make students wrestle with problems for extended periods of time, even through

Depending on how the course is set up, maybe. Most math courses are not set up to make students wrestle with problems for extended periods of time, even through University level. I took courses in topology and number theory in undergrad that were set up this way—the professor did almost no lecturing; we were given a series of results to prove and expected to wrestle with them ourselves (mostly alone as homework). Once you thought you had a proof you presented it to the class. But this is very atypical. Your typical calculus or differential equations or linear algebra course does not develop this skill.