Reinforcement
After understanding a concept, there are a few ways to make it stick:
- Invent the concept yourself (when that is possible)
- Practice - apply the concept to various things and use it solve hard problems
- Explain - understand it well enough to be able to explain it to someone else (a great tip is to write about it and post it online)
- Explore - think about various ideas related to the concept, try to change some parts of it and see where you end up, and question any assumptions you might have made
43
440 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
A few good tips for learning hard concepts.
“
Similar ideas to Reinforcement
Interleaving
Once you have a basic understanding of what you are trying to learn, practice jumping back and forth between problems that require different techniques. This will solidify your understanding of the concepts by learning how to choose to apply them in various situations.
The 4 Steps of the Feynman Technique
- Choose the idea or concept to learn about. Write the concept as a heading on a blank piece of paper or notebook page, then write down everything you already know.
- Imagine that you have to teach the concept to a new student. In your own words, expl...
Deciding If Someone Really Knows
Decide whether someone else really knows their stuff or is just copying others.
Ask them naive but relevant questions. When you apply your knowledge of the Feynman Technique, you know they should be able to explain it to you in simple terms and must be able to make educated analogie...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates