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in this video we're going to focus on something called the feynman technique this is a technique that can be applied whenever you wish to not only learn something new but also to understand it
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now there's four key areas in the fame and technique number one the first thing you want to do is you want to define what exactly it is that you wish to learn and then take action by studying that subject or topic
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what's interesting is that you can learn anything that you set your mind to for instance if you want to learn math physics or algebra you could do that you just have to take action and start learning so that's the first part of the fame and technique defining what it is you want
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to learn and then start studying the second step involves teaching others once you learn the subject what you want to do is you want to try to explain to yourself what you've learned
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you could do this verbally or by writing down notes on a sheet of paper but you can also even better try explaining it to someone else because if they don't get it they'll ask you questions to see you know if you can help them understand it and if you can
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explain it in a way that they understand it then that shows that you have a decent grasp of the topic now i know this to be especially true in my case even though i've learned subjects such as chemistry and physics in high school
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my understanding of these topics they would greatly improve after i began working as a tutor teaching it to other people it's been said that as you teach others you teach yourself in fact the process
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of explaining what you learned to yourself or someone else is very useful it can help you to determine whether or not you understand your material to a reasonable degree for instance i've heard it been said that if you can't explain it well to someone else you don't understand it yourself
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now the third step of the famine technique is to identify gaps in your understanding after you try explaining the subject to yourself or someone else's stuff too
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chances are you're going to pick up on some gaps in your understanding that you didn't know were there the first time you learned the material once that happens you want to go back and review the subject a second time to fill those gaps that you've identified
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so whenever you're reading a book or let's say if you watch a movie whenever you do it a second time don't you notice additional details that you missed the first time you read the book or watch that movie i know this is true for me
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therefore whenever you learn anything new it's always good to review the material a second or third time to gain a better understanding of the subject because once you understand it it's going to be difficult for you to forget it i know in school
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what i like to do is i like to learn the material ahead of time before the teacher teaches in class because once i'm exposed to material the second time it deepens my understanding of the material so anytime you review a topic you look at it a second or third or fourth time
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you're going to gain additional details that you probably didn't notice were there before so that third step reviewing to like fill in the gaps of what you don't understand that's part of the fame and technique
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now as you try to explain what you've learned to someone else in step two when they ask you questions and if you feel like you can't answer it that's how you can identify gaps in your understanding and that's when you go to
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step three to review the material again to fill in those gaps that you've missed now the fourth step is to simplify your explanation you want to understand the material so well that you can not only break it apart
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down into its fundamental elements but also make connections with other similar topics once you get to a point where you can explain it simply to a kid that's when you reach a point where you've acquired a reasonable
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understanding of the subject so whenever you wish to learn something new or even understand something try explaining it to yourself or even better to someone else this will help you to know if you have a good grasp of the topic or if you need
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to go back and study some more so that's the basic idea behind feyman's technique of learning something new and understanding it number one you want to study it number two teach to others number three once you've identified gaps your knowledge go back and review the material
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number four simplify your explanation develop the ability to explain what you learn in such a simple way that anyone with a limited vocabulary can understand so that's the basic idea behind famous
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technique and hopefully you found this video to be helpful now i'm going to take a moment to discuss an ebook that will be very useful for those of you who want to improve your study skills so if you go to this website video dash tutor.net
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and you click on my ebook here you'll find a page that talks about this ebook that i have on amazon entitled how to pass difficult math and science classes so in this ebook i'm going to go over some strategies that you can use
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that can help you to do well in your next course you can click on the image or this link the buy now button and it will take you to the amazon page where you can buy the ebook so feel free to take a look at that when you get a chance
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and that'll be it for this video so thanks for watching