I&#x27;ve found that I also need to understand the historical context&#x2F;impetus... I need to be shown and eventually understand why something was developed when it was developed. I need chronology of thought and ideas.<p>For instance, learning about Gödel&#x27;s theorems without having the Hilbert back-story explained. Learning about Leibniz&#x27;s and Newton&#x27;s calculus without learning about infinitesimals. And so on.<p>There&#x27;s generally a reason _why_ concepts are born _when_ they are born. If you think about your maths classes, sometimes you&#x27;re instructed to learn a method because it is useful and because it has real-world applications but it I don&#x27;t think anybody is ever first taught algebraic geometry properly, if I may use that word. I don&#x27;t think kids are taught the geometry is one thing and algebra is another and that different spaces can have different metrics. Am I making sense here? Do people see what I&#x27;m trying to get at?<p>Am I arguing for HADEPT? :) (Historical context, Analogy, Diagram, Example, Plain English explanation, and just then Technical definition)