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1. Find a topic you want to learn 2. Study it 3. Take a piece of paper and write down everything you just learned as if you're teaching it to someone else. By doing this, you can find out what you have forgotten and come back to study it again. 4. After you've done everything, write it all in a simpler manner, which means use simpler words.
Choose the ones that resonate most with you. There are infinite topics all important and all worthy of contribution. Choose one that resonates most. I love UFC so I choose topics like martial arts, human psychology, training, diet. Mindset. Hope that helps.
@@unknowninfinium4353 thanks for the tip but for me it's hard mostly because I like a range of topics but not the topics they go with. For example, I like history but not literature and bio but not chem. : |
@@despinacharalambous7402 Then dig deeper find your branch and start. For example, I love martial arts but I have preference to striking as I enjoy it more not grappling. So I would pick boxing, muay thai, karate. I can dig even deeper, say I like tradition and longing to culture I can pick muay thai or karate. Say even further i like karate but i like hardcore striking then i can pick kyokushin karate.
One of the best suggestions I ever heard for a college student was, “Don’t worry about the topic. Find out who the best teachers are. Even if you think the topic is boring, a great teacher can make it interesting. Likewise, even if you think a topic is interesting, a lousy teacher can make it as dull as dishwater. Also, keep in mind for your own life the subtitle of Gandh’s Autobiography: “My Experiments in Living.” Be willing to try things. Even if you end up pursuing another career, nothing you ever learn will be wasted. You’ll be intellectually richer and a more interesting person.
But people learn stuff that only helps them in 'Job'. & if not involved in a job or getting retired, then there is no point of stidying anything at all for them. 😂😒
That’s why you shouldn’t be mad when a classmate asks you a question before an exam. If you can explain it to him, you should have no problems with the exam.
Yes but if you can't it really psyches you out so I don't think doing this when you don't have enough time to revise everything you're not sure about is helpful. This technique, when used with peers, I think works best when used within study groups.
I can understand a subject just fine without explaining to someone. Minimally you should be able to teach yourself by wording out the subject you've learnt with simple daily life language, this is still using Feynmann technique too. For example you have taught yourself what area of a shape means, you talk/think to yourself that "Oh so this area thing means how much things with certain size that you can put in that shape"
@Shinsi • you should not let people exploit you too much, at least just ask them what they didnt get then explain about it but don't straight up give them answer.
Teaching it in your own words make the explanation your own and when something belongs to YOU it is highly rememberable and understandable. Thank you for the lesson
I took a study skills class my first semester in college and this concept was taught as part of the curriculum. That class turned out to be paramount to my success in college. It sounds strange but learning how to learn is a good idea. I am glad I took the course.
A great learning philosophy (if a little generous to ascribe to Feynman). After all, if you’re trying to teaching it to someone else, they’re trying to learn it; now you have a collaboration. Only gets better from there.
While in college I rewrote all of my textbooks and incorporated relevant lecture material all in simpler language in what I called my study guide. It served me well.
It's not like you'll stop learning once you graduate from school. That's the point of this technique- "to learn something for life, *not for some shitty school exams"*
I am a physics graduate and in my college lab there was a picture of Feynman on the wall. I had read about him. I always found myself staring at the photograph , so deeply do I admire the man.
I have only become a teacher very recently. I have become better at learning through this, partly because I better realise that I should master the lower level stuff first before moving on.
i’ve been using this technique since like 5th grade and didn’t even know it is an actual learning technique.. but it’s one of the most effective and you can use it for almost every subject
Georgi Barzinski If you would not realize you were stupid, then who has to realize it in order for it to be known that Dom or anyone else is stupid? Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses if we don't realize that they go hand in hand then we are just not understanding ourselves.
Because being someone who people would listen to explaining the ins and outs of a fart (academics like Richard Fenyman ) makes you FEEL clever by popularity amongst 'fans' alone. There's no meaningful middle class anymore in the eyes of people who should know better. It's either be a Nobel prize winner or be a sarcastic illiterate. No-one treats anyone inbetween as worth a damn anymore. The illiterates already dictate culture and the professors encourage them!
I used to do this when swotting for exams in the old days when exams were very recall based (including explaining aloud in different accents lol). When I started teaching, I realised how powerful it was to imagine explaining the concept to someone in the simplest way possible and found that I was beginning to understand ideas (that I'd only memorised for exams) for the first time ever! Lovely video. Right on the money and a timely reminder. Thank you. Have subscribed.
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Teach yourself and fix the holes in your understanding. I find it amazing how some people can successfully use abstractions without having a very solid understanding why the abstractions work. I am extremely resistant to making these kinds of leaps of faith. Maybe that is because I am more focused on understanding a problem than focused on the utility of its solution. In school, the immediate (short-term) utility of a solution to a problem is how it affects your final grade in the class. If I am forced to use formulas and concepts without first understanding how and why they work at a deep level, I find it difficult to have confidence in the answers I calculate. I really struggled a lot with this in Engineering School where the emphasis seemed more on just learning how to use formulas and algorithms, than understanding the how's and why's behind the formulas. For me, understanding is pretty-much a prerequisite to being able to use something. Using a thing before you understood what you were doing in order to memorize the process really goes against my preferred learning style. The 'learn by doing" method is often "memorize by doing". It is too easy to convince yourself that you understand something when it fact you've merely memorized the solution to a very specific problem. If you really want to test someone's understanding of something, throw them a problem that is in a different form from what they have seen before. It is sad that many students will whine and complain that testing for understanding like this is unfair. Not many problems in life are in exactly the same form as you've seen before. If you start applying formulas and processes without understanding, you are at a high risk of ending up with bad answers, bad conclusions, and bad decisions.
I think it's very healthy to not take any formula or theory for given without trying to understand it. At the end progress depends on mindsets who's challenge assumption and seek a deeper understanding before accepting what was given to them.
This is legit though. I almost never forget topics I have given presentations on in front of people (which are a few) as opposed to topics I studied by myself for an exam
Squidward bruh for my final science exam last year I studied for less than half an hour because I gave 4 presentations covering most of the topics... highest marks in the grade!
That was my case before, but I've changed to other school, and now I have to give a lot of presentations in front of people, so thanks to that I had to learn a lot of information so often and the stuff I "learned", after a week I do not remember anything of it.
One of the best ways to master something is to teach others. I really like this method of learning as it not only makes you think about what you’ve learned but also makes you find a way to explain it to someone so that they understand it. And that way you remember what you’ve learned for very long time. I also think that this technique works with everything- music, sports and even drawing. Sometimes you don’t understand how you do certain things but when you try to explain others you analyze what you’re doing and how you’re doing that which can help for developing that skill.
Agree 100%. I work in a tech industry and was a customer site technician. I moved up to technical trainer and I know our systems immensely so much better and my students appreciate all the knowledge I am imparting on them.
I've used this technique before when learning History. I found this out by myself and never knew it was an existing technique but it greatly works since I'm not the type who can sit around studying without having to move two seconds later. I do find this quite unique for people struggling to memorise. Just pretend you're a teacher, roleplay a bit but make sure your parents don't barge in on you cuz you'll get questionable looks from your mom or dad
I've been doing this all my life without knowing what the technique is called. In addition to that, I draw mental images and link concepts to create a bigger picture.
@@pratikparajuli6167 this technique is particularly useful for studying some complex scientific or topics like philosophy..... Ofc u dont need this technique when u are reading fiction or things u understand instantly....
I have known this technique without knowing it’s called Feynman technique. It works very well. It’s sort of how you incrementally learn anything. Thanks for sharing it.
I know that Albert Einstein profoundly believed in this principle. He even quoted in simple terms "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
Bibek It does help. The process that worked best for me was reimposing it simply and just telling anyone who could listen what I just learned. I went to college late in my years, so anything to try and remember curriculum was good.
@@Phjghh dont take it so hard i didnt say its wrong anyway, you know whats the meaning of the word right and its rarely used for something good you should've known that
That's what my teacher said. "If you can explain how Newton law works to an elementary student, and that student understand, then you are mastered the subject"
Nicely animated and well illustrated in under 2 minutes. Good stuff! Looking forward to seeing more of such quality content from you guys in the future as well :)
My siblings used to stare at me like I was crazy talking to myself back at school. I had no idea there was an actual name this type of technic. It's how I stayed on college's Dean's list.
I used this technique my entire life without knowing that this is feynman technique but trust me this is THE best technique.you won’t forget what you did learn.
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I remember trying to explain a physics concept to someone then realising that I couldn't explain it very well so actually I didn't understand it properly myself. So I can see where he developed this idea from - and that it is a good one!
am I the only one studying so loud and explaining everything my notes as if I'm a youtuber or a teacher like literally Im talking in front of a wall as if I'm in presentation or what. With that I can learn alot like alot, rather than silent studying.
People actually want to learn things fast instead of learning them in deep and with clear understanding - Richard Feynman (if he checked this video's comments )
I've taught at the college level and trained/taught adults for over 50 years. When I was in my early twenties, someone told me that the best way to learn a subject is to teach it. He was absolutely right.
My best friend literally didn’t know the entire history course on the day of her gcse so in an hour I did a crash course of the entire thing for her, it actually helped me so much and consolidated everything for me
You have to get "into" the subject matter. You have to make the material meaningful to you and convince your psyche that you want to grasp the entire subject thoroughly, live it, let it consume you for the brief moment in time, and it will remain in your brain until you're 95 years old. Anything less is simply a frivolous waste of time and you will find yourself simply going through the motions of studying. Like the material so much so that you can't wait to get into chapter 2. Before you even begin Step 1, find things to like about the subject.
You are right absolutely,in my school days i was very much weak in social studies , somewhat below average. But now during college days, i give home tiutions to a child which makes my modern history so much strong, i can remember all incidents, viceroys,war easily.
I do agree. Nicely illustrated and amazingly animated - great job guys. Am hoping to see more such videos in near future from your channel. Good luck!!
I realize this is how I learn best. When I had school mates to teach, I understood topics much more readily. Now that I've found that I can still utilize those same kind of techniques on my own(the obvious made painfully obvious) I think I will be able to progress from here on out. thank you for making this video.
without knowing ive used the feynman method to learn most things i know because i would talk to myself out loud in the shower as if i were teaching the concept to my friends, and whatever content i forgot or missed i would just look up and nail down and reteach it
I "invented" simillar technique and just amplying it to my life boosted my math knowledge that from E grade student i got A`s without studying much and it was always fun, so i definnetly recommend learning this
_"Teaching is the way to learn."_ Usually what you learn is: You don't understand it as well as you thought. Sometimes you learn there's nothing to understand, because it makes no sense.
I've used this my entire life and never knew it even had a name. Very early on I was a FIRM believer that I couldn't explain anything to others if I couldn't explain to myself. Eventually, a couple years later, I added to it "... In the simplest terms possible" (because I realized the more 'wordy' it was I had to admit the less I actually understood). I'm constantly talking to myself because I'm constantly digesting what I'm learning, regurgitating it, and re-digesting until I get it the best that I can. All while looking for others outside of texts who are versed in the material, those from whom I can gather the greatest info (greatest in magnitude and volume).
guys if you’re here to ace your exams in two months, you can do it! you watch motivational videos and study w/ me videos and use all these techniques and rise up! you don’t ever say NO! they’re out there making tik toks and giving us complaints but you can only do the latter! study hard but complain all the way too to compensate for how hard you studied! you have to get your grades no matter what OKAY? let’s go!! 💪🏽
I didn't realize I was doing all this method all along like the 2nd brain method and the pomodoro technique. It's just amazing to know that you actually learnt it yourself
That's exactly what it's for. If you lack understanding, this is the shit. Sometimes, getting a concept is the most difficult part of learning a certain abstraction.
From France. A teacher told us to view again our lessons on the same day, just before going to bed, and the following morning, just before going to school. Have a good week-end !
not sure if it takes more time the reading. If you study for an exam we need to measure the time it takes to bring something into your brain that can be recalled. Here Feynman or even simple self-tests might outperform reading. ruclips.net/video/eVlvxHJdql8/видео.html&lc=z13gtnkqlsbnhhm5404cdn3hrn35ytv4jsc0k
jesuistahmid as a medicine student, use whatever friends help, internet forums, google fu, that you can to see whats going to be important in the future, or at least for next class. any tool that makes you HAVE to read less to understand at least whats important and what its just fluff in the textbook (that may even be something important but it isnt going to be on the test) is a godsend. for example, in anatomy a lot its best to learn first from an atlas that from a book, because its faster, closer to how It really looks than whatever you can imagine, and whatever isnt a concept its going to be there. Now, besides this, I usually print books black and white to then mark with different colours the text and write in the empty space besides It anything that i understood that is important and can be expresed in a few words like X-->does Y X1--->does i and X2. X2--->stops X and Y I-->goes to cell Z that right there is an abstraction of how most hormones work, every subject will have lots of things like this that can be aplied to a variety of things, so at the start of the semester you should try to experiment and see what works best, probably what works for one thing wont work for another, but the more you know and understand, the more things overlap, especialy in medicine. dont forget to relax and ask for help. read first from easier to digest sources, even if they are incomplete, going between a summary and then a textbook is usually faster and more efective. so, TL;DR: dont go reading blind to a hard to read textbook, once you know at least a little about something your reading times speed up a lot.
This is exactly the effect of having to explain things to your kids. Dad, why is the sky blue? Dad, what is electricity? Dad, who was the first human? I'd never thought I had to go back and dig into the foundations again, and I found many gaps in my knowledge !
@@vipulrane2902 It would really take a lot of time to explain complex and intricate concepts such as engineering concepts if you are explain it in great depth to yourself. Many times professors themselves are not able to cover the syllabus in it's expected time and just teach what is important or going to come in exams. But once you are on the other side by using Feynman technique to learn engineering concepts you will have a very strong understanding of the subject you are trying to learn. So he is not actually dumb. Try using Feynman technique(don't just explain it question yourself with silly but valid questions, like a child would ask to test your understanding of the concept at hand) and you will understand for yourself. Any subject learned using Feynman technique will take 2 to 3 times more time than regular but it will be time well spent.
I had this experience in the service (in the 1980s) each trainee was given a topic upon which to instruct (to this day I am an ace at Radar Navigation). There is a corollary to this: when dealing with people doing work for you--auto mechanics, contractors, plumbers, etc...the good (that is, competent and honest) ones will gladly explain what they are doing. Competent people are comfortable talking about their areas of competence--when someone tries to blind you with jargon, walk away: you are dealing with a fraud.
For some of us, as we have some teaching abilities (didactic) and a taste for self education and sharing knowledge (pedagogic), this is kind of natural. Also didnt know has his name, lol. I think that meanwhile the goal is to learn something you get the ability to render that knowledge to someone else, so, you become not only a wiser being, instead a culture promotor.
When I'm alone (which is almost all the time) I do one of these all the time: - Interview myself - Pretend I'm making a YT video about it. Recetly I've been doing impressions, like "Pewds explains recursion" or "Dunkey breaks down efficiently doing your dishes" - Pretend I'm giving a TEDTalk
@sprouts transcription slightly wrong, here is the corrected one Feynman’s learning technique is effective full learning something new, deepening 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 realise which parts 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.
Been doing this without full awareness on what it is, just tried to explain and talk to my self on how things work especially this happens a week before exams. Still I need to be consistent for better mastery.
Feynman learing technique can be used for : learning somethign new depeen your understanding of STH you already know study for an exam 1 : pick a topic to study 2 : study the topic 3 : explain it on a paper by writing and read it ideally like what the the theacher does on a black board By this proccce you will know where the gaps of your understanding if you stuck and could not explain the subject form A to Z then study again If you understand it well know the last step is to explain it in a simpler words
I have always done this, just by nature & instinctively. No wonder I've learned lots of stuff & had fun at it! Lol It's always nice to learn whether your own way of doing things is backed by wisdom, recorded results, other people's genius idea & consensus. Very nice & helpful!
If you can't explain to a 6 years old, you haven't understood yourself. This is one of my techniques I use to understand and learn topics, story and ideology.
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If you know two languages, it's perfect for this. Read it in one and be able to explain it in the other; then you've mastered it.
great tip!
Many people do this by speaking English to themselves without realising
What about 3?
If you can explain it to your pet and they get into university then you have understood it too.
M.E. YA4P what if you speak 4 languages
I just used Feynman Technique to learn Feynman Technique
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Nightcore Lab Feynmanception
Nightcore Lab Please explain to me in simple terms
Nightcore Lab if you already used it why would you learn ut agaian in the first place?
Pεrcγ Jαcκsοη he is joking....
1. Find a topic you want to learn
2. Study it
3. Take a piece of paper and write down everything you just learned as if you're teaching it to someone else. By doing this, you can find out what you have forgotten and come back to study it again.
4. After you've done everything, write it all in a simpler manner, which means use simpler words.
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@@rayes119 your opinion should be erased from existence.
@@rayes119 Why?
Thank you for win me the time
"step 1- choose a topic and start studying it"...
But that is the biggest problem
Same here... I still don't know what to study and I don't have much time left to decide..
Despina Charalambous omggg same 🥺
Choose the ones that resonate most with you.
There are infinite topics all important and all worthy of contribution. Choose one that resonates most. I love UFC so I choose topics like martial arts, human psychology, training, diet. Mindset.
Hope that helps.
@@unknowninfinium4353 thanks for the tip but for me it's hard mostly because I like a range of topics but not the topics they go with. For example, I like history but not literature and bio but not chem. : |
@@despinacharalambous7402 Then dig deeper find your branch and start.
For example, I love martial arts but I have preference to striking as I enjoy it more not grappling. So I would pick boxing, muay thai, karate. I can dig even deeper, say I like tradition and longing to culture I can pick muay thai or karate. Say even further i like karate but i like hardcore striking then i can pick kyokushin karate.
No chit chat. No long introduction. Straight to the point. Thank you.
Seriously chit chat spread around internet tutorial like the plague.
Bcz its 8 year lol
One of the best suggestions I ever heard for a college student was, “Don’t worry about the topic. Find out who the best teachers are. Even if you think the topic is boring, a great teacher can make it interesting. Likewise, even if you think a topic is interesting, a lousy teacher can make it as dull as dishwater. Also, keep in mind for your own life the subtitle of Gandh’s Autobiography: “My Experiments in Living.” Be willing to try things. Even if you end up pursuing another career, nothing you ever learn will be wasted. You’ll be intellectually richer and a more interesting person.
Thank you for the motivation :)
True
But people learn stuff that only helps them in 'Job'. & if not involved in a job or getting retired, then there is no point of stidying anything at all for them. 😂😒
@@kritikajain4954 That’s true for most, but perhaps not all...
@@kenrickhackett3977 If 7 out of 10 people end up like this, then those 3 are in minority 😂
To teach is to learn twice.
todd williams ,strongly agreed to what you've said
+Faraz Ali That's what the like button is for...
E to the squared - strongly agree with you
well you're not wrong
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That’s why you shouldn’t be mad when a classmate asks you a question before an exam. If you can explain it to him, you should have no problems with the exam.
Yes but if you can't it really psyches you out so I don't think doing this when you don't have enough time to revise everything you're not sure about is helpful.
This technique, when used with peers, I think works best when used within study groups.
That should be fine, but not when they ask you to ask them questions.
I can understand a subject just fine without explaining to someone. Minimally you should be able to teach yourself by wording out the subject you've learnt with simple daily life language, this is still using Feynmann technique too. For example you have taught yourself what area of a shape means, you talk/think to yourself that "Oh so this area thing means how much things with certain size that you can put in that shape"
@Shinsi • you should not let people exploit you too much, at least just ask them what they didnt get then explain about it but don't straight up give them answer.
Wanna experience THE ZONE?
try this. I can now trick my brain. It is rly amazing.
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Teaching it in your own words make the explanation your own and when something belongs to YOU it is highly rememberable and understandable.
Thank you for the lesson
This would be perfect _if_ I had *2 months* for every exam!
neiv10 lmfaoo same
neiv10 you have at least 5 for every exam
Ashutosh Tripathi not when u start studying 😂
neiv10 😂😂
This is not a cram-for-the-exam technique. This is an actually-learn-the-material-so-you-don't-HAVE-to-test-prep technique. That is the whole point.
I'm impressed at how long this video seemed even though it was only 2 minutes long.
I felt the exact opposite
Then watch at 2X speed
@@mech_builder7998 why would he?
@@dnsfuntech1937 It's faster, and still relatively understandable.
Cuz it’s boooring
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I took a study skills class my first semester in college and this concept was taught as part of the curriculum. That class turned out to be paramount to my success in college. It sounds strange but learning how to learn is a good idea. I am glad I took the course.
Thanks for sharing!
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I did Feynman Technique this whole time?? I thought I was a narcissistic person for pretending to do a presentation like in ted x lol
Akbar Indian Exactly! Same here! Lol
Same
Indian K. Akbar 💀💀
Lool samee
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The best way to learn something is to prepare to teach it. Didn't know this was the Feynman technique but it definitely works.
Ken Bell ...It was Ken Bell Technique for you before watching this video
A great learning philosophy (if a little generous to ascribe to Feynman). After all, if you’re trying to teaching it to someone else, they’re trying to learn it; now you have a collaboration. Only gets better from there.
It actually doesn't work for math. Lots of problems do not really use material taught in the way to render this technique useful.
@@tbg6070 It works form math.
@@whatisrealknowtheformula6137 Perhaps you might recall Socrates and his Socratic method of teaching.
While in college I rewrote all of my textbooks and incorporated relevant lecture material all in simpler language in what I called my study guide. It served me well.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
I already did that, it's the only way I can focus in studying, I explain the things I'm studying to my sister, even though she never listens to me :/
haha! good one!
me too, but I don't actually have a sister
A rubber duck will suffice.
Don't bother. Her mind is elsewhere.
Sisters are blessing❤
I find this technique just after I graduated... fuckin thanks a lot RUclips
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The algorithm isn't perfect lol
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It's not like you'll stop learning once you graduate from school. That's the point of this technique- "to learn something for life, *not for some shitty school exams"*
HAHHAHHHAHAHA
I am a physics graduate and in my college lab there was a picture of Feynman on the wall. I had read about him. I always found myself staring at the photograph , so deeply do I admire the man.
I have only become a teacher very recently. I have become better at learning through this, partly because I better realise that I should master the lower level stuff first before moving on.
thats great! thank you for your feedback and sharing this with us!
"If u cant explain it SIMPLY, u dont understand it well enough"
-Albert Einstein.
If you can explain it simply you can e plain it complex
P. C.H lol beat me by 6 min
its a law that there is no law
@@rotyxh4568 this reminds of the roast two set violin did on the so called fastest violin playing
i’ve been using this technique since like 5th grade and didn’t even know it is an actual learning technique.. but it’s one of the most effective and you can use it for almost every subject
I've been doing this all my life... why am I still stupid?
Dom You are not stupid because if you were, you would not realize it.
Georgi Barzinski If you would not realize you were stupid, then who has to realize it in order for it to be known that Dom or anyone else is stupid? Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses if we don't realize that they go hand in hand then we are just not understanding ourselves.
Maybe you are very smart. It takes alot of intelligence to realize the limitations of our brain. Check out the Dunning Kruger Effect ;)
Sprouts That's what I mean. :)
Because being someone who people would listen to explaining the ins and outs of a fart (academics like Richard Fenyman ) makes you FEEL clever by popularity amongst 'fans' alone. There's no meaningful middle class anymore in the eyes of people who should know better. It's either be a Nobel prize winner or be a sarcastic illiterate. No-one treats anyone inbetween as worth a damn anymore. The illiterates already dictate culture and the professors encourage them!
Lawyers and Judges most definitely should use this technique. Every contract should be broken down in simple terms.
Politicians too!
Maybe they want it to be complicated hmm
Also insurance.
@@DavidOfWhitehills 👍👍👍👍👍👍
We use this method only! I'm a Commercial Litigation Lawyer myself.
I used to do this when swotting for exams in the old days when exams were very recall based (including explaining aloud in different accents lol). When I started teaching, I realised how powerful it was to imagine explaining the concept to someone in the simplest way possible and found that I was beginning to understand ideas (that I'd only memorised for exams) for the first time ever!
Lovely video. Right on the money and a timely reminder. Thank you. Have subscribed.
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Watching this, in the middle of the night, while studying for an exam, is not the way to do it, I guess..:p
hope your exam went well and you were able to explain everything in simple words ;)
OMG I feel ya !!
Teach yourself and fix the holes in your understanding.
I find it amazing how some people can successfully use abstractions without having a very solid understanding why the abstractions work. I am extremely resistant to making these kinds of leaps of faith. Maybe that is because I am more focused on understanding a problem than focused on the utility of its solution. In school, the immediate (short-term) utility of a solution to a problem is how it affects your final grade in the class. If I am forced to use formulas and concepts without first understanding how and why they work at a deep level, I find it difficult to have confidence in the answers I calculate. I really struggled a lot with this in Engineering School where the emphasis seemed more on just learning how to use formulas and algorithms, than understanding the how's and why's behind the formulas. For me, understanding is pretty-much a prerequisite to being able to use something. Using a thing before you understood what you were doing in order to memorize the process really goes against my preferred learning style. The 'learn by doing" method is often "memorize by doing". It is too easy to convince yourself that you understand something when it fact you've merely memorized the solution to a very specific problem.
If you really want to test someone's understanding of something, throw them a problem that is in a different form from what they have seen before. It is sad that many students will whine and complain that testing for understanding like this is unfair. Not many problems in life are in exactly the same form as you've seen before. If you start applying formulas and processes without understanding, you are at a high risk of ending up with bad answers, bad conclusions, and bad decisions.
I think it's very healthy to not take any formula or theory for given without trying to understand it. At the end progress depends on mindsets who's challenge assumption and seek a deeper understanding before accepting what was given to them.
so goddamn true.
so goddamn true.
You're right.
Jess Stuart I'm guessing you're an INTP. If you have never heard of Jungian Typology or personality theory pay no mind to the statement.
Feynman: first study the topic
Me: you lost me there
This is legit though. I almost never forget topics I have given presentations on in front of people (which are a few) as opposed to topics I studied by myself for an exam
Squidward
How are your clarinet concertos Squid?
Lucas M Dammit you know I suck at those
Squidward bruh for my final science exam last year I studied for less than half an hour because I gave 4 presentations covering most of the topics...
highest marks in the grade!
That was my case before, but I've changed to other school, and now I have to give a lot of presentations in front of people, so thanks to that I had to learn a lot of information so often and the stuff I "learned", after a week I do not remember anything of it.
I feel like the social component of learning is crucial, and definitely helps with memorisation.
One of the best ways to master something is to teach others. I really like this method of learning as it not only makes you think about what you’ve learned but also makes you find a way to explain it to someone so that they understand it. And that way you remember what you’ve learned for very long time.
I also think that this technique works with everything- music, sports and even drawing. Sometimes you don’t understand how you do certain things but when you try to explain others you analyze what you’re doing and how you’re doing that which can help for developing that skill.
Agree 100%. I work in a tech industry and was a customer site technician. I moved up to technical trainer and I know our systems immensely so much better and my students appreciate all the knowledge I am imparting on them.
I've used this technique before when learning History. I found this out by myself and never knew it was an existing technique but it greatly works since I'm not the type who can sit around studying without having to move two seconds later. I do find this quite unique for people struggling to memorise. Just pretend you're a teacher, roleplay a bit but make sure your parents don't barge in on you cuz you'll get questionable looks from your mom or dad
I've been doing this all my life without knowing what the technique is called. In addition to that, I draw mental images and link concepts to create a bigger picture.
If I apply this tecnique to study, the length of a day must be 50 hours.
Yes especially when the book has over 2000+ pages worth of content to study..this simply isn't possible for every topic
😂😂😂
This is a long term learning technique, not for when you wait till one week before the exam!!
@@pratikparajuli6167 this technique is particularly useful for studying some complex scientific or topics like philosophy.....
Ofc u dont need this technique when u are reading fiction or things u understand instantly....
Underrated comment 🤣
I have known this technique without knowing it’s called Feynman technique. It works very well. It’s sort of how you incrementally learn anything. Thanks for sharing it.
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Hii Ren , you are having a great opportunity
I know that Albert Einstein profoundly believed in this principle. He even quoted in simple terms "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
@@minduniverse4506 hmm, so do you used this technic
Bibek It does help. The process that worked best for me was reimposing it simply and just telling anyone who could listen what I just learned. I went to college late in my years, so anything to try and remember curriculum was good.
Meeeeee
This is the best studying technique I have ever heard , this helped me to learn things more easily...
"he was *notorious* for asking his fellow mathematician to explain concepts in simple language" i loled so hard
@@Phjghh dont take it so hard i didnt say its wrong anyway, you know whats the meaning of the word right and its rarely used for something good you should've known that
even i gagged
FeedTheSupport yeah but this kinda use is not new in english. It has a slight sense of humour in it. That’s why you laughed.
That's what my teacher said. "If you can explain how Newton law works to an elementary student, and that student understand, then you are mastered the subject"
Loved him.
Nicely animated and well illustrated in under 2 minutes. Good stuff!
Looking forward to seeing more of such quality content from you guys in the future as well :)
This videos is made using Feyman Technique. So simple, short and smoothly explained.
Exactly. That’s what we tried. I think you’re the first to seeing that and telling us.
My siblings used to stare at me like I was crazy talking to myself back at school. I had no idea there was an actual name this type of technic. It's how I stayed on college's Dean's list.
😂 can relate
Crazy how this method has been instinctive to me this whole time, the validation feels good.
I used this technique my entire life without knowing that this is feynman technique but trust me this is THE best technique.you won’t forget what you did learn.
2 minutes to explain an amazing technique so well. I wasn't believing at all but you proved me wrong. Thanks for the excellent video.
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I remember trying to explain a physics concept to someone then realising that I couldn't explain it very well so actually I didn't understand it properly myself. So I can see where he developed this idea from - and that it is a good one!
Can we take the time to appreciate the talent of the person drawing. Damn my hand hurts for him😩
Oh man,😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
In case you don't know, it's some kind of application that makes doodles.
It's just copy paste pic from google dude 🤣🤣
He's amazingly fast!
am I the only one studying so loud and explaining everything my notes as if I'm a youtuber or a teacher like literally Im talking in front of a wall as if I'm in presentation or what. With that I can learn alot like alot, rather than silent studying.
Yoo
I used to do that and still struggled 💀
Same here!!! ✌
I used the Feynman Technique for the last few years and it's a great technique that helped me grasp concepts more effectively
People actually want to learn things fast instead of learning them in deep and with clear understanding - Richard Feynman (if he checked this video's comments )
I’ve been doing this all my life, I didn’t know it was a technique. Thanks for the cool video.
I've taught at the college level and trained/taught adults for over 50 years. When I was in my early twenties, someone told me that the best way to learn a subject is to teach it. He was absolutely right.
So all these years I have been mastering this technique without even knowing about it 😂
Oh really..
What re u studying about
I see me too
Same 😅
Hahaha lol that's my word
My best friend literally didn’t know the entire history course on the day of her gcse so in an hour I did a crash course of the entire thing for her, it actually helped me so much and consolidated everything for me
i know this idea. my prob is ..i do it for 1chapter and for others i get lazy... my main ques is how to stick to a gud technique for a long time
10 min break between chapters. If that doesn't work, understand how to not be lazy first.
u r ri8... tht helps. n wt other thing helps is to have a study partner.
Well, it helps a lot if you're interested in what you study. Also, you need structure. In the end, you know what works best for you.
You have to get "into" the subject matter. You have to make the material meaningful to you and convince your psyche that you want to grasp the entire subject thoroughly, live it, let it consume you for the brief moment in time, and it will remain in your brain until you're 95 years old. Anything less is simply a frivolous waste of time and you will find yourself simply going through the motions of studying. Like the material so much so that you can't wait to get into chapter 2. Before you even begin Step 1, find things to like about the subject.
You are right absolutely,in my school days i was very much weak in social studies , somewhat below average. But now during college days, i give home tiutions to a child which makes my modern history so much strong, i can remember all incidents, viceroys,war easily.
You are a great animator! I hope you go a long way :)
we are a team, but thanks :)
I do agree. Nicely illustrated and amazingly animated - great job guys. Am hoping to see more such videos in near future from your channel. Good luck!!
This is the Science of Studying Science.
Lol
I did this today without realizing it while studying for my final report. It really helped me, I'll try to use this technique more often.
I realize this is how I learn best. When I had school mates to teach, I understood topics much more readily. Now that I've found that I can still utilize those same kind of techniques on my own(the obvious made painfully obvious) I think I will be able to progress from here on out.
thank you for making this video.
without knowing ive used the feynman method to learn most things i know because i would talk to myself out loud in the shower as if i were teaching the concept to my friends, and whatever content i forgot or missed i would just look up and nail down and reteach it
I "invented" simillar technique and just amplying it to my life boosted my math knowledge that from E grade student i got A`s without studying much and it was always fun, so i definnetly recommend learning this
Searching for studying tips when I don't really study
I've been using this method for along time. It's quite effective. I just know the name now.🥰
thanks for making a short and comprehensive video.
This works. I'm a physicists and do this all the time.
Teaching is the way to learn.
Paul Eugenio wow you're more than one physicist?
Paul Eugenio
+JustPancakes
I am, but which one am I?
_"Teaching is the way to learn."_
Usually what you learn is: You don't understand it as well as you thought. Sometimes you learn there's nothing to understand, because it makes no sense.
"Choose a topic you want to understand..."
Dozed off
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Navdeep Singh lol
Like honestly idk anything for exam
What about "sex"?
I've used this my entire life and never knew it even had a name. Very early on I was a FIRM believer that I couldn't explain anything to others if I couldn't explain to myself. Eventually, a couple years later, I added to it "... In the simplest terms possible" (because I realized the more 'wordy' it was I had to admit the less I actually understood). I'm constantly talking to myself because I'm constantly digesting what I'm learning, regurgitating it, and re-digesting until I get it the best that I can. All while looking for others outside of texts who are versed in the material, those from whom I can gather the greatest info (greatest in magnitude and volume).
I’ve always studied like this, didn’t know it actually had a name for it
guys if you’re here to ace your exams in two months, you can do it! you watch motivational videos and study w/ me videos and use all these techniques and rise up! you don’t ever say NO! they’re out there making tik toks and giving us complaints but you can only do the latter! study hard but complain all the way too to compensate for how hard you studied! you have to get your grades no matter what OKAY? let’s go!! 💪🏽
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I didn't realize I was doing all this method all along like the 2nd brain method and the pomodoro technique. It's just amazing to know that you actually learnt it yourself
great method for understanding ideas and concepts, not very useful in certain areas where you have to memorize facts and formulas
true.
That's exactly what it's for. If you lack understanding, this is the shit. Sometimes, getting a concept is the most difficult part of learning a certain abstraction.
*Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart rise as high as it can.*
From France. A teacher told us to view again our lessons on the same day, just before going to bed, and the following morning, just before going to school. Have a good week-end !
That technique takes a lot of time and I could not be able to study all the coverage for the exams :(
What I did is to read, read, read, and read.
not sure if it takes more time the reading. If you study for an exam we need to measure the time it takes to bring something into your brain that can be recalled. Here Feynman or even simple self-tests might outperform reading. ruclips.net/video/eVlvxHJdql8/видео.html&lc=z13gtnkqlsbnhhm5404cdn3hrn35ytv4jsc0k
Sprouts yes that's why I do aswell for like essays etc read and then tests to recall I will be making a video on that sometime this week
Sprouts what about for large volume learning.... like medicine?
jesuistahmid as a medicine student, use whatever friends help, internet forums, google fu, that you can to see whats going to be important in the future, or at least for next class. any tool that makes you HAVE to read less to understand at least whats important and what its just fluff in the textbook (that may even be something important but it isnt going to be on the test) is a godsend. for example, in anatomy a lot its best to learn first from an atlas that from a book, because its faster, closer to how It really looks than whatever you can imagine, and whatever isnt a concept its going to be there. Now, besides this, I usually print books black and white to then mark with different colours the text and write in the empty space besides It anything that i understood that is important and can be expresed in a few words like
X-->does Y
X1--->does i and X2.
X2--->stops X and Y
I-->goes to cell Z
that right there is an abstraction of how most hormones work, every subject will have lots of things like this that can be aplied to a variety of things, so at the start of the semester you should try to experiment and see what works best, probably what works for one thing wont work for another, but the more you know and understand, the more things overlap, especialy in medicine.
dont forget to relax and ask for help.
read first from easier to digest sources, even if they are incomplete, going between a summary and then a textbook is usually faster and more efective.
so, TL;DR: dont go reading blind to a hard to read textbook, once you know at least a little about something your reading times speed up a lot.
@Nilesh Sharma A scientist is also a student.
This technique really works. I've been using it before i watched the vid.
We did have a prof who told us to do this after every lecture. It does work...
I learn same way... but I didn't know it's feynman method😂
Same 😂😂😂.
Do you get good grades with the method??
This is exactly the effect of having to explain things to your kids. Dad, why is the sky blue? Dad, what is electricity? Dad, who was the first human? I'd never thought I had to go back and dig into the foundations again, and I found many gaps in my knowledge !
thecathode
Why is the sky blue?
ヤナギネコ when light enters the atmosphere the atoms bends the light waves so that we see blue
thedebo777 how did people invent glasses (for your eyes) ?
ヤナギネコ probably experimented with concave and convex shaped glass and saw that some people could see clearer with them
Beautiful video
Didn't notice the time go by
If I have followed this method, it would take 10 years to complete my engineering graduation 😂😅😂
😂😂😂😂true
That means you are dumbass
@@vipulrane2902 It would really take a lot of time to explain complex and intricate concepts such as engineering concepts if you are explain it in great depth to yourself. Many times professors themselves are not able to cover the syllabus in it's expected time and just teach what is important or going to come in exams. But once you are on the other side by using Feynman technique to learn engineering concepts you will have a very strong understanding of the subject you are trying to learn. So he is not actually dumb. Try using Feynman technique(don't just explain it question yourself with silly but valid questions, like a child would ask to test your understanding of the concept at hand) and you will understand for yourself. Any subject learned using Feynman technique will take 2 to 3 times more time than regular but it will be time well spent.
your "engineering graduation?!" whaaat?!!
@@ameyanadkarni7270 *in its expected time
All this time I was using this technique without me knowing that I used it.
I had this experience in the service (in the 1980s) each trainee was given a topic upon which to instruct (to this day I am an ace at Radar Navigation). There is a corollary to this: when dealing with people doing work for you--auto mechanics, contractors, plumbers, etc...the good (that is, competent and honest) ones will gladly explain what they are doing. Competent people are comfortable talking about their areas of competence--when someone tries to blind you with jargon, walk away: you are dealing with a fraud.
I have been doing this my whole life and never realised it was a proven technique ... Wow😳
I'm also 😁
Here am I ,who have to finish my entire syllabus in one night.
Thank you for Making this video brief, other people explain this in longer videos without adding something relevant, just being redundant.
So I was using Feynman Technique without knowing that it was called Feynman Technique 😂
Same 😂
😂me too
@Haakon Dahl and I hope that's helping you!
Same
And I'm dio
For some of us, as we have some teaching abilities (didactic) and a taste for self education and sharing knowledge (pedagogic), this is kind of natural. Also didnt know has his name, lol. I think that meanwhile the goal is to learn something you get the ability to render that knowledge to someone else, so, you become not only a wiser being, instead a culture promotor.
0:45 When you're done you'll realize you can't stop talking to yourself and now have a weird habit.
🤧😂💀
When I'm alone (which is almost all the time) I do one of these all the time:
- Interview myself
- Pretend I'm making a YT video about it. Recetly I've been doing impressions, like "Pewds explains recursion" or "Dunkey breaks down efficiently doing your dishes"
- Pretend I'm giving a TEDTalk
Very true
now this is a good and helpful video
in less than 2 mins explained something precisely and simply
Glad you liked it :)
Here’s the issue, though... 6 graduate classes, 2-3 exams a week. No time! MUST CRAM!
"I don't care if Richard Feynman was a purple leprechaun who lived in my butt"
- Penny
@sprouts transcription slightly wrong, here is the corrected one
Feynman’s learning technique is effective full learning something new, deepening 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 realise which parts 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.
i am now 23 year old and i am giving 10th exam so i lost 10months by thinking how to study but this is so much helped me thank you so much
welcome!
I've always done this while studying never knew it was feynman's technique 😂
Been doing this without full awareness on what it is, just tried to explain and talk to my self on how things work especially this happens a week before exams. Still I need to be consistent for better mastery.
But, what if I want to study other subjects and the ones I have to study are disappointing?
I've been studying like this all the while before I even saw this video
Feynman learing technique can be used for :
learning somethign new
depeen your understanding of STH you already know
study for an exam
1 : pick a topic to study
2 : study the topic
3 : explain it on a paper by writing and read it ideally like what the the theacher does on a black board
By this proccce you will know where the gaps of your understanding if you stuck and could not explain the subject form A to Z then study again
If you understand it well know the last step is to explain it in a simpler words
Who would have thought the first step to effectively studying is to study
I have always done this, just by nature & instinctively. No wonder I've learned lots of stuff & had fun at it! Lol
It's always nice to learn whether your own way of doing things is backed by wisdom, recorded results, other people's genius idea & consensus. Very nice & helpful!
This seems so important. I'll definitely watch when I would feel like to study!
Has the time come yet?
If you can't explain to a 6 years old, you haven't understood yourself. This is one of my techniques I use to understand and learn topics, story and ideology.