Self study -- how to choose assignments?

[Neutron1]

Hello reader,

I am trying to learn electrical engineering circuit analysis from Irwin. I am wondering which assignments would help me really understand the learned subjects. I am not a student and I am not going to any university so I cannot ask a teacher.

My method for now is doing 3 assignments per page. So for chapter one I do around 21 assignments and the exam. However some assigntments are very similar and easy to do, even though I try to choose difficult ones. Also another problem that I encountered is that some assignments need linear algebra, which I have not learned just yet. So how can I pick assignments that really are helpful and benefit me?

Hopefully someone has some advice, and my apologies if I posted this in a wrong section.

Thank you for your help and time.

 

[Dr.D]

Two thoughts come to mind.
1) Pause and go learn the necessary linear algebra to be sure you are not missing something important there:
2) Do all the problems. Then you will know you have not skipped anything that was there to be learned.

 

[Neutron1]

Two thoughts come to mind.
1) Pause and go learn the necessary linear algebra to be sure you are not missing something important there:
2) Do all the problems. Then you will know you have not skipped anything that was there to be learned.

1) That is a good idea. Learning linear algebra that is necessary to understand circuit analysis better. I do have to change my planning accordingly.

2) Doing all the problems is a hassle I think. Before I posted my question on this forum I had not started doing any assignments, but I learned very quickly that assignments are very alike. So I will do a lot of them and deduce which are really necessary.

Thanks for your answers :)