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The Feynman Technique

So most of you guys would be always thinking about learning things faster. You must have come across various ways like practising, or ways to improve memory and blah blah.....
Here we are going to discuss a very important way of learning anything in the fastest way possible and believe me it is a well-tested technique which I even used for learning my inorganic chemistry course.
Before we proceed we the procedure lets check out who this guy Feynman was. Richard P. Feynman was a great physicist who won a Nobel prize in physics for his work in quantum electrodynamics in 1965.
Steps to follow
  1. First, you need to gather all the available information. Go through the information and gather the relevant part.
  2. Go through the information and understand each and every aspect. Try to understand and not just memorize.
  3. Take a sheet of paper and write down whatever you understood in your own words without referring to the source. You need to take down simple notes which you think you know well.
  4. Now comes the most important part. You need to explain that information to someone else, probably someone who doesn't know the concept before. Feynman's principle is based on the Einstein quote “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”. Now if you stuck while explaining or the person is still having doubts, it means you haven't mastered the concept.
  5. Now go back to your reference material for help and update your notes and explain again.
  6. Even if you don't have anyone to explain, imagine someone and explain to an empty room, and I am sure people still stuck while explaining.
Summarising
Students should be made to think, to doubt, to communicate, to question, to learn from their mistakes, and most importantly have fun in their learning

I am attaching some useful links to explore more about Mr.Feynman
You can also find his lectures on youtube

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