Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Stop Trying to Understand Math, Do THIS Instead" video.

@leovolont Yes and actually anything that takes you through a door will help a bit. When people pass through a doorway there's a context refresh that happens as you no longer need information about the room you were in and suddenly need information about the room that you're entering. It's why when people go to the kitchen they often forget what they were going there for. The upshot is that if you're stuck doing the wrong things on a problem, sometimes you can just leave the room for a couple minutes and you get unstuck. It's a bit like rebooting a computer that's acting up.
7
Walk through a half dozen doors and back. The context switches that occur at the threshold should help to clear out some of the gunk in your head, especially the wrong ideas about what you're supposed to be doing. Also, this is why it's good to at least read through all the problems the day you get the assignment even if you can't start working on it. That way, you've at least got some exposure in that your brain can start chugging away at.
3
TBH, this probably won't be very satisfying, but there isn't really much difference between the two groups in any objective way. The difference is probalby only a percent or 2 i n terms of measurable differences early on. The main differences are in practices and beliefs. The brilliant, tend to be willing to push harder, look stupid and probe a variety of approaches to a problem. They will temporarily walk away, but usually it is a temporary setting aside of things while solutions and skills improve. I've personally developed a reputation for knowing a lot and being insightful, but I've got significant brain damage from multiple episodes and learning disabilities. Objectively, I struggle more than most other people do, but I have developed the practices of brilliance and figured out how to make what I have work for me. Most people don't do that, so they wind up being less than they could be in terms of abilities.
3
Sure you can, it just requires time management with that in mind. I'm working two jobs and taking a full load and I can find time to be stuck. The trick is to start looking at the material as soon as it's assigned. You may not have time to do the work yet, it may be a day where you're working 11 hours and literally can't spend any of it on homework. But, just looking at it starts the gears working. Then, you go through and do things from the beginning to end and skipping anything that you get stuck on for another pass. This should ensure that you get the most possible points and learning that you can get. Then with the work on that other stuff done, you come back and start working on the parts that were more challenging. If you've got multiple classes in unrelated fields, you can switch between them so you're not hitting the same neurons so hard. And lastly, sometimes, you do just need somebody to help or bounce ideas off of. Sometimes I'll show up for a student and they solve it themselves before I can say much of anything as they hear themselves talking about the problem.
3
This is sound advice. Many students I work with keep saying that they don't get it, they don't understand it. But, the why isn't relevant until you know the what and the how of the bit you're stuck on. Setting it aside and doing some other work can result in it clicking better later on, but the worst case is that you've gotten that other stuff done.
2
@Artificial Hobos Yes, so can lowering the temperature in the room a few degrees or looking at something green. All 3 of these things often times happen when you go outside. (Obviously assuming it's not blazing hot middle of summer)
2
@anilraghu8687 That's the biggest difference between my current AAB. and my previous AA, BA, MAES and TESL programs. On paper going back and doing a 2 year degree after completing two graduate programs should be easy, but it's completely online and the opportunities to really immerse in the subject matter is greatly reduced. I'm managing fine because I know not to get too hung up on things, but I would have failed miserably if I didn't have so many years of college under my belt before starting on this.
1