I think I'm getting dumber.

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I think I'm getting dumber.

by Cinji18 » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:32 am
I'm re-doing the math problems I did a month ago, and I'm getting some of them incorrect when I got them correct the first time. These aren't problems I guessed, but problems I actually calucalated and should know how to do. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Am I just having one of those days when my brain is not working, or am I getting dumber?

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by bbakang » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:43 am
Maybe you need a break, try to do something different before getting to your study.

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by money9111 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:59 am
I find that problems that I know how to do 100% of the time... i sometimes get wrong because if I've done them before because I'm trying to remember the exact way I did it previously and/or the answer I chose the last time...
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by zsabine » Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:16 am
You should definitely take a few days off and do something relaxing.

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by greg22b » Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:21 pm
Cinji18,
I really have to keep my mind fresh during these problems or the same thing happens to me.

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by tpr-becky » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:23 pm
I agree with Money - sometimes you get questions wrong when you are trying to remember how you solved them in the past as opposed to simply solving them. But sometimes you identifed a core concept that is evading you a second time around. This can be helped if you identify the concepts invovled in a problem and note how you recognize these concepts and the steps or tricks that are related to that concept.
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by Cinji18 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:33 pm
Thanks, everyone. I will take a break, then try to do what has been suggested.