I can search the words. I can ask people what the words mean. If don’t even know what the symbols are called then how do I begin?
I had this problem when I started higher level maths and the Greek alphabet was used. I couldn’t ask what a symbol meant when I couldn’t say what the symbol was. I couldn’t write down a symbol whose name was read out when I didn’t know what it should look like.
I tried learning the Greek alphabet but flash cards and spaced repetition didn’t work for my ADHD brain and I just had to stop doing maths, which was a shame, because up to that point I was good at it.
I had this problem when I started higher level maths and the Greek alphabet was used. I couldn’t ask what a symbol meant when I couldn’t say what the symbol was. I couldn’t write down a symbol whose name was read out when I didn’t know what it should look like.
I tried learning the Greek alphabet but flash cards and spaced repetition didn’t work for my ADHD brain and I just had to stop doing maths, which was a shame, because up to that point I was good at it.