Feynman learning method

A learning method created by Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman. To put it simply, it is “teaching to promote learning”. Output is the best input. According to the learning pyramid principle, if you teach knowledge to others, the learning retention rate can reach 90%.

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Feynman learning method

Introduction

Most people have similar intelligence levels, but their learning abilities vary greatly. The differences are mostly caused by controllable factors such as learning methods and study habits. Looking back on my study career, the most regrettable thing is that I have always only learned knowledge in school, but ignored learning methods and learning skills.

Its scientific nature lies in the fact that it conforms to the cognitive laws of the brain, the process from chaos to order, and from passive memory to active understanding and elaboration. As you use this method, go slowly through each step of the technique and discover exactly what you don't understand.

In terms of education, his greatest contribution lies in Feynman's technique, which means being able to introduce any concept in the simplest language, no matter how complex it is.

If you really use Feynman's method, you will find that it is not only a learning method, but also a way of thinking. For each concept, don’t use another complex concept to explain it indirectly, but ask the most basic questions and explain it directly in the simplest language.

in principle

Improve efficiency, promote learning through teaching, and in-depth learning

learning pyramid

Instructions

Target

Generate concentration, which is the basis for successful learning.

Choose the knowledge and skills you want to master, and truly understand the need to learn it

understand

Systematically save the good and eliminate the bad

Find what you want to learn, understand the knowledge points you don’t understand, and become as familiar with new concepts as possible. If it is really difficult to understand, you can check more information to see how others understand it, take notes while studying, understand the concept from multiple angles, and internalize the knowledge.

output

Replace learning with teaching, strengthen cognition, speak it out (communication, speech, lecture), write it down (writing)

Tell others what you have learned. Note that it doesn’t have to be word of mouth. You can pretend in your mind that you are a teacher and imagine that you are teaching others. You can also write it down for others to read, such as publishing an article, etc. This is a process of teaching instead of learning.

review

Re-learning, in-depth analysis

In the process of teaching others, there must be something that you cannot remember or understand. If you can't remember, just go back and continue studying to find your weak points until you can explain the knowledge point completely and fluently.

simplify

Overall refinement, forming one's own knowledge system through simplification and absorption, and internalizing knowledge

Summarize the knowledge points you have learned in your own words, and imagine how to teach this complex concept to children, such as connecting the new knowledge with real life. Force yourself to understand the concept on a deeper level.