Don't grind the wrong chapter.
Orient, diagnose, organise, then study.
Orient, diagnose prerequisites, organise, then study a worked example before grinding.
1
Map before detail
Get a structural advance organiser; place new detail into it. (A14)
2
Check prerequisites
Probe the dependency chain before the new chapter. (A1)
3
Retrieve before reading
Answer questions on what you already might know. (B23)
4
Worked example first
Study a complete solution with decision points labelled, then attempt. (A8)
Prompt · New topic opener
I'm meeting [TOPIC] for the first time. (1) Give me a one-page advance organiser of the structure, not the full content. (2) List likely prerequisites and ask diagnostic questions from the bottom up. (3) When I pass those, give one worked example with decision points labelled, one line at a time. Ask me to predict each next step.