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<p>I’m not dismissing good advice; I’m saying that the advice is not very specific. My primary and secondary school courses always stressed learning fundamental concepts by first giving an problem and then teaching us the concepts needed to solve it. This method sparked interest in the subject and gave students a practical reason to learn it. Of course, this does not relate with how some of my professors organize their courses or with how they teach where they just spend most of the class period talking about concepts and maybe going over an example if they have time. And of course, I know that it is the student that must adjust to the instructor’s way of teaching, not the other way around. </p>
<p>What I’m looking for is advice on how to adjust to these professors’ teaching styles and something more than just telling me to be strong in the underlying concepts (how?) would be very helpful.</p>