Maybe, but I think you need to get deep into at least a few things so you know what deep looks like. You need to know at least a bit of Level 0 before you really get Level 1, 2, 3.
Maybe, but I think you need to get deep into at least a few things so you know what deep looks like.
Interesting. My strategy for independent study of technical material used to be to understand everything really well from multiple angles and as much as possible invent the material for myself, but then I switched to skimming and trying to get a general idea for things. It does seem plausible to me that this deeper understanding phase was pretty useful.
Could you offer supporting arguments?
When you’re young, you’re still building even the roughest map of the territory.
Wouldn’t that suggest reading small portions of many books rather than large portions of a few books?
Maybe, but I think you need to get deep into at least a few things so you know what deep looks like. You need to know at least a bit of Level 0 before you really get Level 1, 2, 3.
Interesting. My strategy for independent study of technical material used to be to understand everything really well from multiple angles and as much as possible invent the material for myself, but then I switched to skimming and trying to get a general idea for things. It does seem plausible to me that this deeper understanding phase was pretty useful.