I was a math major and I used to be adamant about reading the chapter perfectly before starting my problem sets.
I mentioned this to my math professor and he’d always say to not be afraid to jump into the problems, that my time was better spent that way.
My take on it is that a) it’s true and b) it works because reading with a purpose is very different than reading as a way of surveying something before you jump into a problem.
I was a math major and I used to be adamant about reading the chapter perfectly before starting my problem sets.
I mentioned this to my math professor and he’d always say to not be afraid to jump into the problems, that my time was better spent that way.
My take on it is that a) it’s true and b) it works because reading with a purpose is very different than reading as a way of surveying something before you jump into a problem.