Efficient learning: imitate first, understand later

During the learning process, we always emphasize to students that they need to know what is happening and why, and we attach great importance to students’ understanding of what they are learning. Just as people cannot make money beyond their knowledge, students cannot earn points beyond their knowledge. However, there are no absolutes. People can obtain things beyond cognition, and there is a shortcut to obtain them—imitation. For example, in the sales of the same company, there are top sales and bottom sales. If the bottom seller wants to become the top seller, the fastest way is to imitate the top seller, copy it one to one, and make it exactly the same as the top seller. The perception of bottom sales and the perception of top sellers are definitely different at the beginning. Due to the narcissistic nature of people, some bottom salesmen will stick to their own inherent knowledge and refuse to break it easily. They will think that their own opinions and methods are good, and the top sales are only due to good luck or other bad things. Good performance. So, like a frog sitting in a well and looking at the sky, I am stuck in my own narrow cognition and gain little achievements. Some salespeople at the bottom are diligent and studious. Although many of their ideas are different from those of top sellers, they are willing to imitate them. Although they do not understand, they are willing to follow the methods of top sellers. In the process of doing it, gradually understand and realize it. In the process of imitation, as new insights are constantly generated, the cognition is gradually upgraded, reaching the top level. After reaching the top sales level, further improve and improve, and reflect on the areas where you can continue to improve in the review, so as to surpass the old sales top level. The same goes for learning. Imitation first and understanding later is an efficient way to achieve high scores in school. It is best if you can understand what you are learning, and it is okay if you cannot understand it. There is no need to feel pressured or think that you are not good enough. Not all knowledge can be easily understood. Many famous masters have spent their entire lives studying one formula or one point of knowledge. Every theorem and law in the textbook is the result of many years of research by thousands of scholars. So as a student, if you don’t understand a certain principle, don’t be frustrated, just let yourself know how to use it first. If you can carefully observe the teaching materials or the solution steps provided by the teacher, and solve the corresponding problems through imitation, you can get high scores in the exam. When learning mathematics and other science subjects, there will be many formulas, theorems, laws, axioms, etc., which are the results of many years of research by scholars. Sometimes you encounter formulas that you don\’t quite understand and are confused about how they work. This is a normal situation in learning. There is no need to get entangled, let alone get into trouble. If you want to study efficiently and get high scores, the most important thing is to strengthen training, imitate the problem-solving methods of the textbooks, and learn to solve problems step by step. Understanding will be slowly formed in the process of continuous imitation. In life, we form an understanding of something because we have experienced it. The more you experience this, the easier it will be for you to understand, but not necessarily the deeper it will be. The way to understand profoundly is to think proactively. One of the most effective ways to think proactively is to keep asking questions. The same is true in studying. When you encounter learning content that you don\’t understand and imitate the solution to the problem, you should not simply write it down and copy it without thinking. You should constantly ask yourself questions in the process of copying it. Guide yourself to solve the problem. For example: 1. This question is to test whichWhich aspect of the knowledge point? 2. How does this answer correspond to the test points? 3. What is the pattern here? 4. What is the essence of this question? 5. If this is changed, what conditions need to be changed accordingly? 6. What is the specific purpose of each step in the solution method? Why is this step written like this? Can you put it another way? 7. What other issues and techniques does this question or this problem-solving step remind me of? 8. Is there any other way I can solve this problem?