Deliberate practice for learning proof-based math
What would a deliberate practice for math look like? Specifically, while self-studying undergraduate-level and graduate-level proof-based math.
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Some difficulties with applying deliberate practice in this setting
https://commoncog.com/blog/the-problems-with-deliberate-practice/ search "What problems exist for practice in fields where no good training methods exist?"
"ill-defined sub skills" I think applies to math. What even are the separate skills in undergraduate math? ability to read a proof? ability to solve problems? those seem too broad as categories to me. maybe there's like "ability to solve a particular kind of problem". but textbook exercises don't come tagged with specific properties, so you can't really filter on these to improve your skill in particular ways.
"lack of feedback" -- this one also applies when self-studying math. the only ways to get feedback are by looking up solutions or by posting to something like math SE. book/subfield-specific discord servers might finally change this, but it will be slow.
Parts of the definition of deliberate practice
https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/deliberate-practice
See also
What links here
- Deliberate practice for math (redirect page) (← links)
