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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Give yourself enough time.''' You are tasked with practicing 6 quarters worth of course material in one quarter's time. Consider taking that time and doing research on the back burner.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Give yourself enough time.''' You are tasked with practicing 6 quarters worth of course material in one quarter's time. Consider taking that time and doing research on the back burner.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Be careful not to fool yourself'''. It is tempting to read rather than getting one's hands dirty. Sakurai forebodes that "''the reader who has read the book but cannot do the exercises has learned nothing''". The best preparation for comp problems is practicing previous comp problems (UCLA's previous comps, previous finals and midterms of committee members, comp question and answer books by Lim, Chicago, Princeton).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Be careful not to fool yourself'''. It is tempting to read rather than getting one's hands dirty. Sakurai forebodes that "''the reader who has read the book but cannot do the exercises has learned nothing''". The best preparation for comp problems is practicing previous comp problems (UCLA's previous comps, previous finals and midterms of committee members, comp question and answer books by Lim, Chicago, Princeton).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Do problems carefully'''. One may be tempted to prefer quantity over quality in order to collect a large canon of completed questions. However, it is important to find a balance. A high quality problem session involves working on the problem for 30 minutes, checking one's answer with the solutions and then <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">going back to </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">question </del>without the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">solutions as aid</del>. If one does not check the answers, one is merely revising the things that one already knows rather than charting unknown territory.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Do problems carefully'''. One may be tempted to prefer quantity over quality in order to collect a large canon of completed questions. However, it is important to find a balance. A high quality problem session involves working on the problem for 30 minutes, checking one's answer with the solutions and then <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">doing </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">problem again </ins>without the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">solution</ins>. If one does not check the answers, one is merely revising the things that one already knows rather than charting unknown territory.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Leave your comfort zone'''. Learning has an uncomfortable activation potential. Overcoming this potential means leaving one's comfort zone and accepting the fact that one does not know something. When you transform this confusion into curiosity, learning is fun and motivation intrinsic.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Leave your comfort zone'''. Learning has an uncomfortable activation potential. Overcoming this potential means leaving one's comfort zone and accepting the fact that one does not know something. When you transform this confusion into curiosity, learning is fun and motivation intrinsic.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Work in small groups'''. Working with peers helps with motivation, problem solving and can be more fun!</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Work in small groups'''. Working with peers helps with motivation, problem solving and can be more fun!</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Be optimistic'''. Research has shown that optimism motivates for long term reward rather than short term reward. Therefore it is important to remain optimistic to fight procrastination. Similarly, your confidence boosts your psychological immune system.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* '''Be optimistic'''. Research has shown that optimism motivates for long term reward rather than short term reward. Therefore it is important to remain optimistic to fight procrastination. Similarly, your confidence boosts your psychological immune system.</div></td></tr>
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