Study skills of Nobel Prize laureate Richard Feynman

How do we really have the information we need to know?

A very simple test technique is to speak to others, which is the core of Feynman's skills.

The four steps and examples of Feynman's skills:

　　The first step -Choose a concept you want to understand

Choose a concept that you want to understand, then take out a piece of paper and write the concept on top of the white.

　　Step Two -imagine a scenario where you are about to impart this concept to others

Write down your interpretation of the concept on a white paper, as if you were teaching a new student to the concept. When you do this, you will be more aware of how much you understand about the concept and whether there are still areas of ambiguity.

　　Step three -if you feel stuck, review the study materials

Whenever you feel stuck, go back to the original learning material and re-learn the part that makes you feel stuck until you understand it smoothly enough to be able to explain the part on paper.

　　Fourth Step -to make your presentation easy to understand, simplify the language

The ultimate goal is to interpret the concept in your own language, not in the language of the study material.

If your explanation is lengthy or confusing, it means that your understanding of the concept may not be as smooth as you think it is-you have to try to simplify the language expression or establish an analogy with the existing knowledge to better understand it.

To make sure I did understand the Feynman technique, I also did a little exercise, suggesting that you read the text above and choose a concept to try to explain it to others.

After reading the main points of the Feynman technique on the subway, my first reaction was: Is this the right moment to try to use Feynman's skills?

At this point in my mind, I remember clearly that the first step of Feynman's technique was to first choose a concept that he had yet to understand but wanted to understand. And now I have a mind that I want to learn but have not yet defined the concept? I was surprised to find that the Feynman technique itself is a concept that can be selected!

Therefore, the following text is available.

The Feynman technique is a learning method.

What can you learn with Feynman's skills?

You can use this method to learn a variety of "What is called XX?" How to use XX? "The way to ask questions, such as the" computer program "we can ask:" What is a computer program? " How do I use a computer program? ”

So, to use the Feynman skills to learn, how should we start?

The answer is: Start with a point of knowledge you want to learn. Like "Feynman's tricks."

What do you do next, after you start?

The answer is: Find the book or reading material related to the "Feynman technique" and try to understand it.

What degree of understanding is it to be completed?

The answer is: go through a process of testing comprehension.

Imagine if you were going to give someone a little bit of knowledge about the Feynman technique, would you be able to speak it out?

If you think you can speak it smoothly, is it even done?

The answer is: don't just pretend in your head, simply write down the process of how you are going to explain the "Feynman skills" to others.

Is it necessary to do so?

The answer is: is it necessary, in the process of writing down/speaking out, carefully judge oneself is smoothly to the "Feynman skills" speak out, or stuck?

It is good to speak out smoothly, but if it jams, it is not a bad thing. You can reflect on why you are stuck, and then go back to the "Feynman tricks" books and reading materials, and read the content of the jam, until it can be told.

If it goes well, is it even learned?

The answer is: basic learning, but you can also try to explain in a more concise language, and as far as possible to remove the books and reading materials already have words, completely in their own words to interpret.

So, in the process above, I learned "Feynman skills" at the same time, to everyone wordy explained the "Feynman skills" This knowledge point of the approximate meaning and use of the method. If there is time later, I will consider how to make this explanation more concise.

The reason why Feynman's skills are effective is that, because of their full use of our brains, we make a summary, induction, and output of knowledge in advance, which is why we understand something more than we have explained to others. In essence, Feynman's skill is to explain the knowledge to itself, which involves several important key points in the process of transformation, which is helpful to transform the data into knowledge.

One, the focus: People's energy is limited after all, successful people always pick important things to do. The most exciting thing in our school days is that the teacher is focused. But have you ever thought of your own focus, in the knowledge of the elaboration process is conducive to distinguish between primary and secondary, focus on overcoming.

Second, simplification: looks similar to the 1th, but in fact two points are carried out on two levels. One is to choose the important in the knowledge point. The other is to simplify and visualize the data in the selected knowledge points, even to the extent that the layman can understand it.

Three, summary and connection: In the output of the time will undoubtedly be compared with the original knowledge of your brain, and then comparative analysis, deepen understanding.

And what do most of us usually learn? Most of them are looking at the book "Daze", we passively accept the information, for the information we only judge the right and wrong regardless of the organization and why this organization, so forever only to do school children, with others behind the buttocks, is actually a kind of cramming learning, through constant stimulation to strengthen the impression of information, It's certainly a lot less effective than the active Feynman technique.

What is the Feynman technique supposed to do? As I understand it, it's really simple:

1, elaborated: In the process of learning to choose the focus, the focus on the basis of their own original knowledge of the elaboration and record;

2, proofreading: the elaboration of their own and data to compare, understand the different places, the same absorption;

3, repeat: for the important information repeatedly elaborated, contrast, to reach their own very deep understanding of the extent;

The process of change is a painful process, you will find that your brain is actually very lazy, do not want to change, do not want to think. But the use of your brain is the first condition of your progress, work together!

　　Choose a knowledge point you have learned in the last three days and talk to the rookie around you! Be sure to talk about it!

Study skills of Nobel Prize laureate Richard Feynman