How Problem Solving Makes You An Active Learner
Newton was right, as I know it from experience. A few incidents have changed my mindset radically. One of them happened in BDPhO 2016 Dhaka regional. I found interest in math and physics since my secondary school days. Actually, may be I was fond of these subjects because it took a lot less effort to score good in them. And, maybe because once any topic was understood, I didn't forget it. But, there was one problem. I was a passive learner. I only wandered in a limited region of the vast sea of knowledge. If I could understand a certain portion of the theory, it was OK for me. I never wanted to find out what's beyond the horizon of my comfort zone. I considered the ability of developing a scientific thought as a divine skill, then. Most of secondary school days were in a small town high school. So, there was no sign of math or physics Olympiad anywhere around. So, I was a frog living in a well, delighted under the illusion that I had good cover over phy...