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Rajen Tandel
25,511 PointsRetaining information
I find myself understanding the information while going through the courses and exercises. But when I try to implement the skills myself, I find myself forgetting a lot of what I learned in the tutorials. Any ideas of how to retain the knowledge?
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Falk Schwiefert
8,706 PointsDoing it over and over again. Going through the code you have written (often enough there a moments where I look at it and think 'Why the f*** did I do that?' And then of course trying to implement, using resources and forums to get where you want to go.
At least that works for me. The other thing is: make sure that you are decently rested, have a quiet space when you learn and that you are overall relaxed. These 3 things increase knowledge retention like crazy.
And lastly, foundation learning. Imagine your mind being a strainer. The more you know about something, the more tighter the mesh of the strainer, the more sticks. If you have never heard anything about Biology and I start explaining photosynthesis then the topic will most likely go over your head. But the more knowledge you have in a field, the more you understand. Same with programming. The more you dig in, the more things will make sense.
Rajen Tandel
25,511 PointsThank you for the advice, I'm going to start doing that.