Am Dienstag 29 September 2009 14:47:27 schrieb Iain Barnett:
On 29 Sep 2009, at 12:48, Daniel Fischer wrote:
Am Dienstag 29 September 2009 13:04:38 schrieb Iain Barnett:
Personally, I tend to find "exercises" without access to the answers a poor way to learn. You'll learn more from a well crafted example than you ever will by struggling at something yourself.
I sort of disagree. You'll learn more if you can read a well crafted example *after* you've struggled to get something good on your own. If you start inspecting an example before you've spent considerable effort understanding the matter on your own, you're likely to miss some important things.
So, if I was trying to come up with a solution to a problem that possibly has multiple solutions, like building an engine for a car, I would do better if I hadn't seen a (well crafted) working engine by someone else than if I had?
I thought we were talking about homework for a school/university course. I tacitly assumed that the principles and some examples would have previously been given in the lectures. Then you're given the homework exercise to build upon those to solve a bigger task.
If effort is there, then give me the example any time, because insight will be quicker.
But it will be deeper if you explored the matter first without your vision constrained by the example.
If you're going to be lazy then it doesn't matter either way.
True.
Regards, Iain