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I use this to 2-3x my student's results... and weirdly enough - this isn't a "secret". There's plenty of research in this field, yet I very rarely see people using this approach.

Even well-known Youtubers like Sean Cannell or Thomas Frank do not seem to touch on this approach often. I teach this framework of learning to most of my students to enormous success and I personally think whoever cracks the code on this first will be up for a nobel prize. It is that effective.

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[drapala]

11:20 to jump straight to the point.

His point is that we should begin experimenting based on reality and only after try to theorize what happened instead of the opposite way around.
So the first step is to have an posteriori understandment of the subject and the final step is to have the aprioristic understandment based on the scientific method.

I agree with his argument since aprioristic and isolated knowledge is just alienating and unnatural.

[SylwekGrega]

I feel like this is the most underrated learning channel on YouTube. Your concepts make intuitive sense, and I love this teaching style

[luisv]

I found this to be true in programming. I have taken comprehensive programming courses where you learn bulk of information but forget it because I don't utilize it. However, once i had to make a database project and i learned a broad amount of topics while making the project. When looking at the project I saw the problem, then I figured out what I needed to learn, learned it and built the program.

[ReflectionOcean]

Inquiry-based learning: starts with creating a specific question or problem to solve to make the learning process purposeful and relevant to real-life situations

Identify problems first, hypothesize solutions, and then learn the necessary information to solve the problem.

[dragonchr]

What we learn in school is the END RESULT of people trying to solve problems....filtered and modified to make it understandable.

[Pheenam]

1. Be clear on the problem
2. Hypothesise the solutions
3. Do the learning to solve the problem

The benefit of starting with the problem first is your learning is grounded in reality vs what you think you need to learn. So you retain it more and learning is an extension of your work or studies vs something seperate

[santiagomelero]

Firstly be clear about the RELEVANCE of what you’re about to learn.
Secondly, establish what’s the problem you’re about to solve . Maybe they’ll be more than one.
Thirdly hypothesize the solutions of that or those problems.
Lastly check your learning material and actually get the answer to those problems.

[xolo]

You forget that in pre-historic times there probably was a lot of learning through story-telling, which is no exactly quizing everyone. But by telling stories again and again, people learned a lot of fundamental things.

[zwebzz]

I did this with my CPA. I just studied the practice questions and the detailed descriptions in the answer key mostly only referencing the text if absolutely needed. I would stay on one question until I knew I understood it.

It also helped that the CPA test itself uses recycled questions that they provide the study book creators so I would often just recognize the exact same question verbatim.

[TheCitizenRemy]

This just changed my life, tried it and retained information in my current career project in Defi with amazing clarity.

[katersaid]

It's kind of funny that I'm so lazy that I'm already doing exactly that to learn as little as possible. Instead of going through some script, I jump straight to the exercises and learn only what I need to solve it. I usually learn it when the lecturer discusses the exercises or I go through the script until I have the solution. In the process, I skip most of the script, which doesn't get me any closer.

For me, this is because I write down everything I learn as flashcards, and lots of flashcards can potentially take up a lot of time.

[davegoodo]

Thank you Justin, another day another enthralling video. You are so on to it! I've been raised on a diet of linear note-taking that has made learning difficult as you point out. I need to change my learning style. Thanks again.

[ihypwyy]

For me this is called action oriented learning approach. This is very informative and so accurate!.

[Im-djum]

Yesss, I agree. Thank you for defining my thought process and allowing me to understand how I think.

[humester]

I found that examinations at university were an endless round of IQ tests. Often memorization mattered little. The exam presented you with the facts and you were asked to analyze a situation and explain a result or come up with one. This seems to be a process whereby universities weed out those with great memories but lack the intelligence to use the gift of a superb memory. And I understand that because what good is memory of the past if you can't use it to come up with something new? The world needs original thinkers not people who can just regurgitate the past.

[om]

Everytime i see your videos, I love you more for the kind of contribution you're making. Really look upto you 🌺

[rajpiskala]

I really resonate with the part at 18:17. After using your techniques, learning is so much more fun! I used to get a tech newsletter every week and it'd be a chore sitting through the article and forcing myself to read every word. Now, not only do I breeze through it in record time, but I also have a better retention and understanding after that process. Thank you so much for your work!

[oichiana]

1.Make it relevant for you i.e.
Otherwise your brain wont retain it
Why do i need to know this?
What is you goal of learning this
How are you gonna solf it
How are you gonna use this knowledge?
2. 12:00
Higher level learning

Maak een mogelijke oplossing denk er overna,
En dan pas kan je het leren want je hebt mogelijke oplossingen en je hersenen weten nu dat het belangrijk is.
Je brein vergeet het niet meer.

15:15

[seetsamolapo]

Examples of:

Confirmation Inquiry
Structured Inquiry
Guided Inquiry
Open Inquiry

****We don't tend to learn until there's a specific QUESTION(S)/PROBLEM
- the brain retains stuff that is purposeful/useful/solutions

I. Identify the problems
II. Study the material to find the solutions to the problems

[ShivamSharma-]

The first time I watched your videos, I loved the detailed examples and in depth explanations. But I feel like it would save quite a lot of my time if you gave a summary in the beginning and then for those who want an explanation, you can carry on with the video. Like your 'what is priming?' video. Simple, precise, short. Understood everything. And I am so grateful you exist. Keep going, man!