The Feynman Learning Technique, Four Steps

The technique is based on the method Richard Feynman originally used.

There are four steps to the Feynman Technique:

1. Pretend to teach a concept you want to learn about to a child.
2. Identify gaps in your explanation. Fill the gaps by g...

1. Teach it to a child. Write down what you know about the subject in plain language. This forces you to understand the concept at a deeper level and simplify relationships and connections between ideas.
2. Review the gaps in your knowledge that you uncovered in step 1. Ident...

1. Identify the subject. Write down everything you know about the topic. Each time you run into new sources of information, add them to the note.

3. Identify your knowled...