. Maxim stared at his notebook, unable to explain the cross-multiplication method he had just written down. He realized that while the GDZ "solved" the homework, it hadn't "solved" his lack of understanding. The Right Way: The "Self-Check Tool"
Determined to actually learn, Maxim changed his strategy for the next assignment on positive and negative numbers . The Right Way: The "Self-Check Tool" Determined to
: Only after finishing did he open the online didactic materials' solutions . He used the GDZ as a personal tutor,
The next day, his teacher asked him to explain how he found the unknown term in the proportion he didn't just erase it.
: When he saw he got a problem wrong, he didn't just erase it. He used the GDZ as a personal tutor, following each step of the logic until he found where his own calculation had drifted. The Moral of the Story
: He tried every problem himself first, using his Vilenkin textbook as a guide.