Feynman learning technique is effective full learning something new
deepen your understanding of what you already know
or helping you study for an exam
the first step is to pick a topic you want to understand and start studying it.
once you know what it is about take a piece of paper and write about it
as if you're teaching the idea to someone else
ideally write and speak at the same time just as a teacher does it at the blackboard
this makes you realize which part you understand and where you still have gaps
whenever you get stuck go back to study and repeat that process until you have
explained the whole topic from start to end
when you're done repeat the process from the beginning but this time simplify your language or
use a graphic analogy to make a point
if your explanation ends up wordy or confusing
you probably have not understood it well enough so you should start again
thinking about an idea by explaining it makes this learning method very effective
once you can explain an idea in simple language you have deeply understood it
and will remember it for a long time
Richard Feynman was a leading theoretical physicist who received a
Nobel Prize for his work in quantum electrodynamics
he was notorious for asking his fellow mathematicians to explain concepts in simple language
to test their understanding
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