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How to understand/retain complex concepts 10x better
There are four key steps to the Feynman Technique:1. Choose a concept you want to learn about2. Explain it to a 12 year old3. Reflect, Refine, and Simplify4. Organize and Review
Shane • The Feynman Technique: Master the Art of Learning
Examples include relating the material to what you already know, explaining it to somebody else in your own words, or explaining how it relates to your life outside of class.
Mark A. McDaniel • Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
It’s even effective for novices: the best way to learn something is to teach it. You remember it better after you recall it—and you understand it better after you explain it.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
the Feynman Technique and applied extensively during my MIT Challenge. The purpose of using this technique is to help develop intuition about the ideas you are learning. It can be used when you don’t understand an idea at all or simply when you understand something a little but really want to turn it into a deep intuition. The method is quite simpl
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