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Reading technical material is an associative task, where you associate the new materials with what you already know, then reinforce that association with variations and exercises. 

reading -> comprehension -> understanding

  • To go from reading to comprehension, I find it useful to create a "cheat sheet" of foundational information and try to store that into my "cache"; then I try free-association of the new material with said "cache" to identify all possible linking paths between the foundation and the new idea.

  • To go from comprehension to understanding, I do the exercises provided by the text (or find example that the text mention) and try to solve for the result they claimed. Once I've done enough exercises, I'll be assured that the new idea is now integrated and useful.

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