Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson
by jmkr on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:45AM
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> Learning from solutions is one of the best ways to learn.
Sometimes I feel like that's the only way to learn. There's no worse feeling than staring at a problem and having no idea where to start with no one to guide you.
The corollary is that I feel sometimes it becomes _memorizing_ instead of _problem solving_.
In a certain aspect, problem solving is recalling previous solutions you've done and applying various parts of them. But in another sense, just memorizing solutions doesn't necessarily help you apply them.
Sometimes I feel like that's the only way to learn. There's no worse feeling than staring at a problem and having no idea where to start with no one to guide you.
The corollary is that I feel sometimes it becomes _memorizing_ instead of _problem solving_.
In a certain aspect, problem solving is recalling previous solutions you've done and applying various parts of them. But in another sense, just memorizing solutions doesn't necessarily help you apply them.