Does reading ACE certification study guides help me understand photoshop?

There are plenty of tutorials online teaching people how to do this and that; but for a newbie like me, the biggest problem is, I can follow the recipes, but most of the time, I don't understand the reason behind them. I have been wondering if these things would become more obvious and intuitive if I have a fundamental understanding of the tools first.
Adobe seems to give out certification exams.  I am just wondering if it would be helpful to buy a exam study guide and read it through (not necessarily going for the certification).  Has anyone done it?  What guide is the best? Or do these guides are just more advanced recipes without explaining anything either?

I would suggest that you look at Adobe Classroom in a Book Photoshop CS5, Adobe Press.
It does a good job of sharing the "why," almost as much as the "how." I feel that too many books, and tutorials skip the why, while only concentrating on the how. Many of the ACE questions come from the chapter review material, which is in Q&A form.
Good luck,
Hunt

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