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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (256992)10/25/2005 9:20:50 AM
From: Taro  Read Replies (1) of 1571928
 
Divide all of the problems into one of three classes, ones you know the answer to, those you think you can solve, and ones you don't have a clue.
If you don't have the slightest clue, skip. ... If you can with confidence eliminate a few of the answers, then you improve your odds.
But if you have less than a 50-50 chance, then skip it.
If you know the answer, then answer it.
If you aren't sure, then skip it and come back.
Come back the the ones you can eliminate some of the answers to.
Only after you have exhausted those, then try to work on the ones you don't have an idea on.

At college I rapidly learned this approach the hard way. The hardest way teaching me the most about this methodology for moving ahead towards my M.Sc.EE degree was in "Electromagnetic Field Theory", where I knew I could solve 1/3, do better than 50/50 on 1/3 and score some points by qualified guessing in the final 1/3. This strategy would suffice for getting me through the courses at the bottom line.

Only real nuts were fully proficient in this stuff. Our professor was hospitalized for 3 years, given up as a nut case by medics and family until one day he walked out of the hospital and went back to teaching!

Above key to problem solving should be taught any student because it is so very close to how to manage real life problems in a qualified way.

Nobody taught us students back then.

Taro
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