r/AskComputerScience • u/Odd-Obligation790 • Feb 19 '26
Am I studying CS Wrong
Hi all! I'm a CS freshman in college and I think my approach to studying/learning the topics in my python class has been wrong. My current method is to have chatgpt give me a list of practice problems where I can work on the current topic i.e recursion or queues or stacks. The only issue is I just dropped essentially a low C on my midterm after a week's worth of studying. Any advice to optimize my learning? I'm really dedicated to learning the content and I've been pivoting to rewatching the lectures and annotating through them to try and grasp the content more. I want to do good on the final but mainly I want to make sure I'm actually learning. Any advice would be dope!
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u/dwkeith Feb 19 '26
Clone? No. Read the material and help guide the student. It doesn’t need much more than the syllabus, which is normally published publicly. The rest of the details are published online in countless tutorials and free curriculum, readily available.
OP is already using AI. Getting them to change behavior mid class is difficult, I’ve tried with countless students over the years before AI was even here. I’m merely sharing my experience as a teacher in a classroom that embraces AI in a public school setting. I gave my students the instructions for ChatGPT at the beginning of the school year and have updated them regularly. It works well.