Coaching practices for I Always Jump Straight to the Worked Example or the Solution Before I've Even Tried the Problem Myself and the Explanation Never Really Lands I'm Starting to Think I Should Wrestle with it First and Let Myself Fail Before I Look

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• I always jump straight to the worked example or the solution before I’ve even tried the problem myself, and the explanation never really lands
• I jump straight to the worked answer to save time, and it always looks obvious in hindsight
• I’m brand new to this and they’ve thrown me straight at problems I have no clue how to start, so I just sit there guessing and backtracking and getting nowhere
• Whenever I hit something new I reach straight for the tutorial before I’ve even tried it myself, and I’m starting to wonder if grabbing the answer that fast is exactly why none of it ever sticks
• I try one way to crack a new problem, it doesn’t work, and I immediately stop and go look it up

Practices that may help

1. Attempt problems before seeing the solution
   Try to solve or answer a question before you are shown how — even if you fail.
   The Generation Effect: Why Making It Yourself Makes It Stick
2. Generation: attempt before you are taught
   Try to solve or answer first, even if you get it wrong, before seeing the solution.
   Make It Stick: The Science of Learning
3. Study a fully worked example before attempting a new problem type
   Read through a completely solved example and understand each step before you try to solve anything yourself.
   The Worked Examples Effect: Learn Faster by Studying Solutions First
4. Attempt before instruction
   Try to solve a new type of problem with your current knowledge before any formal teaching.
   Productive Failure: How Struggling First Makes Instruction More Effective
5. Solution-space exploration
   Generate multiple different approaches to a problem before converging on one.
   Productive Failure: How Struggling First Makes Instruction More Effective
6. Study a worked example before attempting to solve a similar problem
   Reading a fully solved example builds schema faster and with less wasted cognitive load than jumping straight to problem-solving.
   Cognitive Load Theory: Learning Within Working Memory Limits
7. Self-explain each step as you work through an example
   Pause after each step in a worked example and explain to yourself, in your own words, why that step was taken.
   The Worked Examples Effect: Learn Faster by Studying Solutions First
8. Expose examples before naming the rule (inductive first)
   Present several cases before stating the principle; let the learner induce the pattern.
   Concrete Examples: How to Make Abstract Ideas Stick
9. Adopt a "not-knowing" stance before problem-solving
   Delay solution-generation by first articulating what you genuinely do not know about a problem.
   Beginner's Mind (Shoshin), Made Practical
10. Just-in-time instruction
    Time the instruction to arrive immediately after the failure — not days later and not instead of failure.
    Productive Failure: How Struggling First Makes Instruction More Effective

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