The short answer: It’s better to cover large volumes of easy material
The short answer is that you should probably focus more on extensive studying than you are currently doing. I’m saying this both because it’s generally speaking a better approach, and because I know that most courses don’t do this even remotely as much as they should. Read more in this article:
The illusion of advanced learning and what to do about it
There are also many requirements that have to be met in order for deep-end immersion to be a good idea, but more about that later.
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Unknown titley of Leuven, Belgium, this very question came up. I think I gave an adequate answer to the question, but I also realised that the full answer is probably not something that fits easily in a Q&A session after a lecture. Hence, this post!
<span>The short answer: It’s better to cover large volumes of easy material
The short answer is that you should probably focus more on extensive studying than you are currently doing. I’m saying this both because it’s generally speaking a better approach, and because I know that most courses don’t do this even remotely as much as they should. Read more in this article:
The illusion of advanced learning and what to do about it
There are also many requirements that have to be met in order for deep-end immersion to be a good idea, but more about that later.
Extensive studying
To make sure we’re on the same page, the idea behind extensive studying is that you cover much more content in a given amount of time, which you can do because th Summary
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