Bad at calculus? Want to be an engineer

boneh3ad
Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:06:43 +0000

Eh, my whole life and career has been built off of distracted studying. It can be done. Is it the most efficient way to do it? Probably not, but there is no real reason for everyone to go completely radio silent while studying. Some people might need that and other may not. The important thing is learning how to study in terms of what method works best for learning material, and the best way generally does not involve spending massive amounts of time on the same or similar problems over and over again. That’s one of the least efficient study methods. You are better mixing up studying for different subjects in shorter bursts and then taking some time off and coming back to it a few days later and forcing yourself to remember it after you’ve started to forget some of it. By mixing up topics a bit it helps your brain make connections between topics better, and by letting yourself forget a little bit and then having to work a bit harder to remember it, you will actually enhance memory.