Tuesday 23 December 2014

Solution Manual and its Advantages

Solution Manual


During course work if a solution manual is available for the textbook, it is always a huge bonus for the student .The reason being while the student is exposed to a variety of relevant applications and tricks in the problems, this valuable tool ensures the student's hard work does not go waste.

 

 Some useful tips for a student who wants to use this tool in a positive way.

  1. Never use this valuable tool before trying other options like --- talk to friends, visit the professor, go to class and listen or check the internet. Once you use this great tool for a problem, the potential gain from that problem is significantly reduced.
  2. Always use this solution tool to check your work.)
  3. For problems you aren't planning to resolve, you can use this manual to create flashcards and other learning aides.
  4. If you have a friend/spouse/trained monkey who can compare your answers to the manual for you, such that you don't actually read through the manual, that may be useful for certain topics.
  5. You can make some good money selling it when you are done with the semester.
  6. Never work on your home work with this tool open at your side.
  7. Always check your answers at the back of the book first and do not use this great manual to simply check your answers.
  8. If you required this valuable tools’ s assistance on a problem, work the problem again a second time from beginning till end. Make sure that you can solve the problem without any help.
Conclusion

Thus we see if we use the Solution Manual too often and too quickly then we can say we are abusing it. We would not learn it properly and it would just be a waste of time and energy.