SUCCEED WITH MATH:
Every Student's Guide to Conquering Math Anxiety
Chapter 2. Reading Math
Imagine pages of text that allow for virtually no repetition, no varying of pace, few topic and concluding sentences, as few words as possible, written with the expectation that you will not proceed to the next sentence or point without having thoroughly mastered the previous one. That's the kind of writing you will encounter in mathematics texts.
It is not that the author wants to keep you in the dark. On the contrary, the book was designed as a teaching device, but until you understand how you are supposed to read a math text, you will not get out of it what you should.
Problem: You read and think you understand. But when you turn to the homework problems you discover that you didn't understand the material after all.
Suggestion: First, look back at the general rules and relate various parts
of those rules to the parts of the problem you don't understand.
Then ask for help. When you go for help, be prepared to ask specific
questions. Bring along your attempted work and keep the pencil in your hand...
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