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I had a teacher who told us that when we took notes, we could not just transcribe what the teacher said - we had to take the ideas and write them down in our ow
by jerlam 3y ago
I had a teacher who told us that when we took notes, we could not just transcribe what the teacher said - we had to take the ideas and write them down in our own words, because we would actually be thinking and learning and not just brainlessly writing it down.
- chenxi9649 3y agoIt's almost as if, the only way we have to validate whether or not we've understood something is to be able to explain the concept to ourself. Therefore, understanding/learning == being able to explain to ourselves. And the way to get better at understanding(aka. explaining the concept to ourselves) is to... repeatedly explain the concept to ourselves. When you think this way, the Feynman technique is less a "method" to learn. But rather the fundamental truth as to how we all learn.
- asdff 3y agoIt depends on the class. If you tried pulling this in organic chemistry you would certainly fail the class. Writing down each and every step the professor is writing on the board for the reaction is critical in that class.
- bonton89 3y agoThis may well require to much time to do depending upon the material. I remember a math class that drove me nuts because the instructor used overhead sheets. Usually they were at least limited to output speed of their own hand writing so I could keep up but with the overhead protector I was always scrambling to even get it down.