Prefered way to study: backward or forward?

[keikiwai]

Lets say you have have HW from chapter 10 in a hard math book, and the material in chapter ten is slowly built up step by step from chapter 1 on.

Do you prefer to start by reading chapter 10, and everytime the text refers to something or you don't get it, to go back and read what you don't get?

Or do you prefer to just suck it up and start at chapter 1?

Now if you want to get done as fast as possible which do you prefer?

[cambraceres]

fast as possible, work backwards and keep your cool

correctly, you must start at the beginning

I like reading what I believe will be interesting, then filling in from the start on