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Alright, future engineers!
**Feynman Technique:** Explain a complex concept in simple terms, as if to a child.
Ex: Try explaining entropy aloud without jargon.
Pro-Tip: If you get stuck or use complex words, you've found a knowledge gap!
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Alright, future engineers!
**Active Recall:** Recalling info from memory *without* notes. It proves what you actually understand.
Ex: After reading, close your book & summarize key points.
Pro-Tip: Do it *before* review to quickly pinpoint & crush your weak spots!
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Good morning.
2021-01-09, 07:30, Wednesday. Today I'll share some random thoughts on studying STEM related subjects. Might do somthing like this every once in a while.
STEM tips №1: there are no shortcuts. The original quote is attributed to Euclid: there are no royal roads to geometry, he said to king Ptolemey. This my point: you have to put in the hours and effort. A lot of them.
A decent problem in calculus or physics will take you a solid hour even if you have all the notes from your lectures. And there are these problems in every chapter of your textbook and they won't get easier, so cramming this kind of thing gets impossible. Unless your end goal is to pass the test and not to learn something.
I'm in the middle of my third year of bachelorship and there hasn't been a semester where I'd have more than a day off, unless I was ill. It doesn't mean that I always spend the whole day studying, although sometimes I do, but 1-2 hours of studying every morning are a part of my routine now.