"Practice makes perfect", and other lies we believe about learning

Trying to dispel some common misconceptions that students (and parents of students) often believe. It's amazing how widespread these beliefs are despite how wrong they are - so this is my effort to clear things up!
Here are the 5 lies I talk about, in order:
1. Practice makes perfect
2. You should sleep less and work more
3. Give up sport to maximise study
4. Tutoring solves all problems
5. The best way to learn is to study

[@dixingxu]

Simple summary: 1. Practice makes habit but not perfect. 2. Sleep enough to learn more 3. keep working out 4. tutoring won't solve all your problems. 5. the best way to learn is to explain

[@DarkSaruman]

The real MVP

[@gusmolyneux6160]

Dex Hunter thanks

[@That_One_Guy...]

isnt explaining is kind of tutoring ?

[@hilmanh3852]

@@That_One_Guy... He means to have tutor, not to give tutor.

[@bilalkhares9337]

Thanks, would say the video is still worth watching

[@lefttac3541]

My music teacher always said “Perfect practice makes progress”

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Yeah it's true in sports too. You don't get good at boxing by punching a bag in your basement. You need to learn HOW to practice first.

[@deadmanperipherals]

Dean Cutler well said.

[@maysoona3356]

Owen well said

[@hanxu7529]

My martial arts teacher, “Perfect practice makes perfect performance.”

[@saichunglee]

Mine said “Perfect Practice Prevents Poor Performance “.

[@RealWunderBanana]

“Practice makes perfect” is BS because I’ve “practiced” drinking water my whole life and sometimes I STILL manage to inhale the water rather than drink it.

[@concofps]

so true xD

[@Assassin5671000]

You are just perfect in inhaling water

[@PeterKoperdan]

I guess your water drinking is not meant to be perfect.

[@The_NSeven]

That's actually a great example

[@iceeeyy3557]

Hahahahha

[@Mankind5490]

If anyone was wondering, that Albert Einstein quote was "If you can't explain it to a 6 year old, you don't understand it yourself"

[@DrDarp]

That's so true

[@aws96314]

Ektadizzle he never said that!

[@geico105]

Rajneesh Yadav This is simply not true. It is theoretically possible to explain any grounded concept to a non-disabled 6 year old if the one explaining it understands it completely. Complex ideas aren’t truly complex, they are just made up of various simple ideas that are in conjunction with each other.

[@user-yp2kp1mj2q]

yes, exactly

[@user-yp2kp1mj2q]

rajneesh yadav yea, that means you never understood it properly.

[@hans_____]

Wish I watched this 10 years _before_ I spent 10 years in college.

[@ghenulo]

10 years? Yikes! The 3 years I had to endure was about 3 years too many. At least you made it through it.

[@cautarepvp2079]

you went to be a doctor or what?

[@TotalWarKS]

How much fking debt would that amount to ? Jesus

[@safir2241]

Abu Mansaray You would definitely beat your wife.

[@mypenisisunbelievablysmall5650]

@Sunamer Z based

[@terryendicott2939]

Another problem with tutoring is that I have had tutees who think that by paying they will automatically get knowledge and do not have to do any work. They are just throwing money at a problem.

[@ojk3863]

Average students and people in general think the key to life is money right? Then due to this they never get it, how ironic right? and then they never get it this is because they don't realize how much work is required to actually get this fucking money, and so they then grow up believing the odds are against them and when that idea is presented they begin doing a very retarded money earning tactic, they begin spending their own valuable time* and basically trade it for cash*, and then they blaaame the government for them having no money because of their shitty ways of thinking. I hope this doesn't trigger you Terry Endicott I am a very blunt person :).

[@plyleung]

Good tutors don't just teach kids mathematics but they also teach kids the importance of working hard.

[@barakeel]

It seems you are addicted to money.

[@paulthoresen8241]

Funny problem, you're giving me your money, don't you want to get something out of the transaction, are you buying social interaction?

[@Zwaks]

I've never believed the "Sleep Less, Work More" lie. I need sleep. I'm a sloth by nature, by embracing my spirit animal, I flourish.

[@gungeternal4119]

lol

[@pashimanu0073]

Same

[@toniok.4726]

same

[@hisashiburimobilelegends9502]

Same

[@77tigers26]

bruh

[@MoneyR8]

In math I noticed that the more time I spend on redoing the same things over and over again the harder I understand the concept. Instead, if I take a 2 or 3 day break between study it all clicks much better for me.

[@pianoforte17xx48]

@SharkTank lol are you okay buddy?

[@pianoforte17xx48]

@SharkTank wow, well jokes on you I'm not even black

[@lipton3120]

@SharkTank Awwww, going through the edgy rebellious angsty teenage phase? How cute

[@lipton3120]

@SharkTank no and yes

[@armadyl1212]

Watched the whole video, and everything you said is pretty much true.

[@kishoresinghrawat9382]

Practice does not make man perfect but perfect practice makes a man perfect

[@z.e.3218]

Armadyl sure.

[@animeepisode9280]

how much you sleep on an average?

[@qwertywypi1337]

@@z.e.3218 and why do u disagree?

[@eddiew2325]

@SharkTank but some things only God can forgive AYYAYAYAYAAYAY

[@farhatbaig6225]

Hi Eddie. You are a legend and have inspired me to go into teaching. I am going to use you as my role model and aspire to be like you. Thank you.

[@davidkippy101]

farhat baig Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

[@sumonsinha8377]

david plotnik ya...those who can memorize concepts, have gifted brains, excellent guidance and enough capital. they are ought to otherwise, why waste resources.

[@nightlibra]

david plotnik Yes I agree, everyone who can, should go out and do, leaving no one to teach the next generation of do'ers how to do (:

[@davidkippy101]

Nightlibra - UnSpoken Official There's this thing called self-study, first of all. But there's also no problem with teaching and doing at the same time, like what profs do. And I'm not saying NO ONE should teach, I'm just saying that they can't do, so we shouldn't honor and hail them as heroes unless they truly change people's lives in ways that other teachers couldn't have.

[@chastaine813]

@Jek: Well this certainly doesn't apply to Eddie lol This guy gets shit done

[@carlrennie1141]

the librarian analogy is gorgeous

[@carlrennie1141]

like a little librarian does an all-nighter every time we sleep to organise what we learned that day :D

[@Marco-mw9ky]

What’s the analogy ?

[@ruanfelipe369]

​@@Marco-mw9ky The librarian is your brain and the books are your new knowledge and experiences. If you throw a bunch of new ideas and experience in without giving your brain time to process all the new information and put it in order would be liking giving 5 million books to a librarian and expect him to put them all in the right places in a short amount of time (less sleep) and remember where they all are. Thats why sometimes we remember things through lapses, because our brain can't pull all the information from a given situation in a short amount of time (an exam, for example), but do manages to pick tiny parts from it like a librarian has ideas of direction to where some books may be, but it takes some time to process it. You can also make an analogy with HD, disk parts and fragmentation of the data.

[@CottidaeSEA]

The last point is how I believe I got through school. I talked to friends about various subjects, and because of that, we had mutual benefit. If one of us were wrong, the others would correct it, and it overall gave us a deeper understanding of it. During one year in school, I spent maybe 95% of my time playing with my calculator instead of solving problems in the book. I got the highest grade. What I did while playing was actually studying formulas and seeing how they worked, then what I could do with them. I also did other things, such as figuring out how to get as close to 10^100 without reaching that point, but that's different. 10.2353102189909^99, and I could seemingly add an infinite amount of 9s after the final 9. Oh, and I've remembered that number for over 10 years by the way. I think that having fun while learning is important.

[@CottidaeSEA]

@SharkTank Better innate ability for maths maybe? We all have different strengths and weaknesses after all.

[@eren14039]

I barely study for my math exam, and just this year I was the only one out of two classes who got a full mark on my math exam

[@CottidaeSEA]

@@eren14039 Nice, congratulations! It really is one of those subjects where if you know it, you know it.

[@eren14039]

@@CottidaeSEA Thank you! congrats on your test as well, and math is just about understanding the concept and the formulae until you can find yourself answering every question you come across :D

[@behcherry9815]

Haha nice. I used to prove formulas which gave me a better understanding. During tested I wouldn’t memorize formulas, I’d just work through to make the formula. It was more fun and I didn’t have to force myself to memorize a bunch of formulas if I unconsciously memorized how to make them

[@19thHour]

This should be one of the first subjects students learn in school, starting in first grade: Learning how to Learn. Would have saved me a lot of trouble.

[@bigsistahtips]

I always say this: when you have to give an oral exam, read the books and notes in order to tell it to a friend. Imagine they ask you about it and you want them to understand. I say a friend because usually we feel more comfortable around them and they won’t judge us. If you really studied but you’re still nervous about the outcome or that you might forget something, I think it’s the best way to approach it.

[@advenco344]

What if you are unable to practice with someone else? How can you practice explaining by yourself?

[@loganwall2943]

I’ve heard a lot of people say “practice makes permanent”

[@chenjeremy9672]

It s true in sport in my opinion where you don t want shooting 3 pointers over the blackboard but when it comes to studying it s really a different matter

[@vidyuththattai1030]

Chen Jeremy Well not even that really because in golf, if you practice a bad swing technique, it is going to be very difficult to change back.

[@voztoklov1393]

Thats very true when learning music

[@ticktockbam]

Welp, it's true. For example, you don't forget how to ride a bike once you learned how to do it.

[@knotwilg3596]

5 leads to a new lie: you only understand something well when you can teach it well. There are many highly skilled experts out there who understand their domain intuitively but who can't explain it very well, often because language falls short of conveying their expertise or intuition but more so because not everyone happens to have the desire or skill to teach. Feynman was a great scientist AND a great teacher. Not all specialists are that versatile.

[@geraldsomerville1280]

Having just let myself be led into this new lie in responding hastily to ToastFrench24, I am made very aware of how easily one can be misled. Clearly elaborations or variations like 'You only understand something when you can explain it to a 6 year old' are wrong, although I concede that others make that the 6 year old is able to pick new ideas much faster. I seem to remember Feynman himself explaining very well how to elaborate the idea without falling into the false claim that to understand something well you have to be good at teaching about it to others. It's probably still on KZbin somewhere. I cannot remember it exactly, but I think that the general idea was to try to find as many different ways as possible to explain the topic using other topics with which you are much more familiar. You should never simply take it for granted you understand something just because you have found one particular way to approach it.

[@DaveJ6515]

@@geraldsomerville1280 Well ... a teacher should be able to explain the same thing in many different ways, and at different levels.

[@bezza2005]

Everything Eddie is saying is so true. I'm a mature age student, this statement has solidified my belief.

[@stomp1691]

Truth. Burnt myself out trying to follow terrible teachers at high-school and early college days. Now going back to university at 30 with a whole new way of learning and thinking in place. Was not surprised to hear lecturers still telling people to memorize, not sleep, work harder because that is how they survived their way thought the system. Not all minds are alike.

[@Smitha-xr8qg]

Thank you so much for spreading the awareness! I'm self-taught now because no teacher would even let me ask questions. I never had to 'practice' to learn. People don't understand the way I learn. And it's saddening to see all the other kids struggling so much. Your students are indeed lucky they have a great teacher such as you! Keep doing what you're doing! :)

[@pinklady7184]

Smitha Rao thank goodness for the internet and KZbin. Like you, I am mainly self-taught and I have left school a long time ago. I have gone back to learning maths again, only for the sake of learning programming. I am treating them as only as a hobby. As in my time at school, some teachers today don't take their jobs seriously. Some care more about their wages than about their pupils. The worst of the laziest teachers are often those who read newspapers or magazines in classroom and that is annoying to diligent students. The way I taught myself maths in my old school days was to read few chapters ahead of teachers' times. Same with other subjects. I never waited to be told what to study and what not to study. I just study 3 or 4 weeks ahead of time, so to lessen the stress and ease the pressure of workload.

[@annaslater2389]

It’s very refreshing to see a teacher that still place importance in making student understand complex subjects! Good on you!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheRiquelmeONE]

it was actually feynman who said "if you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough"

[@superharryboy]

Actually it was Lord Rutherford of Nelson

[@robert19]

actually it was big chungus

[@breakingthefourthwall4945]

Understanding makes perfect, practice maintains it once it's there.

[@learninghart]

I love the videos where you talk about your philosophy like this one, as I pretty much believe the same things. I will be sharing this video with my parents/ students as I prepare to flip the classroom.

[@mahukarau3872]

I only stumbled upon these videos today as I was doing my Digital Solutions homework and they've helped me out so much! Not only do you teach in a way that's much easier to understand but you are passionate about wanting to help people learn which you do energetically to which I am engaged all throughout. This video in particular has helped me come to a few realisations that are obvious and that I should have known prior so thank you very much! Thank you again for your very helpful videos as I'm new to this subject and look forward to more content that'll provide further help. Keep up the great work!

[@mariabunch3541]

You are awesome! I have 7 kids and I have always tried to encourage them to do their best in school. Teachers like you are rare. Thank you for your dedication and your willingness to use your gifts for the benefit of others.

[@DaveTang31]

Perfect advice Eddie. I just found your videos a couple of days ago and I love what you're doing and your passion. Keep up the good work!

[@HitAndMissLab]

Eddie, love the video. I would like to ad one more: 6) Find the right teacher. My parents hired so many teachers to help me improve my results on maths exams. Nothing worked, till one day the new teacher came. He explain the topic, than he would give me riddles to solve, with his help. In no time my grades jumped up and got the same kick out of maths as from playing basketball. I was even assigned by math teacher to help a fellow student who was struggling. I'll never forget this teacher. Even today, when YT is full of tutors and one is free to choose, I find that my mind resonates better with some than with the others.

[@Chandulal_2078]

Now I found a correct teacher in my entire life. I really like the work you’re doing and very helpful to me. Have a happy time and take care of your health 🙂👍🏽

[@drewpierpont3361]

Eddie, I am in the middle of my week long spring break from engineering school. You are laying out what I have been painfully realizing these last few weeks as I have struggled to discover why my grades are lower than I'd like. I have, markedly, lost sleep, lost the will to exercise and visit the gym, and visited tutors hoping that it would solve all the problems I was having. I also have tried taking the "cake recipe" express route in order to be able to understand the concepts well enough to do problems. Not only does this throw me off when things are worded differently, but the formulas and steps are too complicated to remember and recite without a good conceptual association. Thank you so much for driving these points home for me. Hopefully I can do better after I return to school next week.

[@laminusdz2376]

Thank you, you’re one of the people that make some change to this world, i think that i have the exacte same problem because I’m new in university and i have been studying very hard and sleeping less specially the exam weeks and still i couldn’t have the notes that i aimed for, thank you for the video and i will start working with these steps, god bless you and we hope to see more helpful videos like these in the future

[@bhangrafan4480]

When I worked as a one-one private tutor my approach was as a 'surgery', i.e. to find out from the student which aspects of the subject they were having difficulty with and then to go into it with them to try to find out what misunderstandings they had, or often what piece of prior knowledge had been missed out somewhere along the way. Often students are missing some background that the teacher assumes they are familiar with.

[@Shendue]

I love how clear he is when explaining ANYTHING. That's a gift. That said, and while I kept attention to what he said, I'm also completely mesmerized by that background. I mean, how cool looking and relaxing is that? It looks gorgeous.

[@review4u88]

I think in math learning the concepts where you actively explain it to your self as a teacher would ( i think it's called active recall) just as you described. Exposing your self to different questions and repeating in my opinion is good for when you come to an exam,so that you make as little errors as possible. I know that memorizing works well for some students but to me if i don't understand and i go about memorizing steps to solve something i really limit my self. It's kind of sad that i realized this just before the HSC LOL

[@tldoesntlikebread]

I wouldn't be able to finish it all in time if I memorized it either because I haven't got the best memory. I think the more you explain it the faster it'll run through your brain faster like as if you not only developed a more solid understanding of the concept but also further developing your brain's ability to learn and pick up on stuff. If you're revising it a lot in your mind then it'll naturally come to you as it's etched into your brain.

[@tldoesntlikebread]

@Ethan no by memory I mean the steps.

[@tldoesntlikebread]

@Ethan what did you think I meant? Why would I have an issue if I knew exactly what was on the test.

[@tldoesntlikebread]

@Ethan I wouldn't have an issue If I knew

[@jaysonkang]

at 5:00 is that someone getting murdered in the background?

[@DogFoxHybrid]

Birb

[@gligurr]

6:59

[@samk6042]

It’s bloody magpies xD Australia for ya

[@avasayyadi5309]

@@samk6042 cockatoos not magpies

[@samk6042]

avo yeah could be those black ones

[@flavvsdasilver6442]

Thank you, Mr. Woo You're excellent at what you do, and your advice is greatly appreciated.

[@lajoieskin2561]

You are absolutely sensational Eddie. I am sitting here with my son and am loving your videos. I love learning and enjoyed Uni with a passion and passion that I would like my children to have too.

[@rujotheone]

Discovered number 5 too sadly after university. This is why I try to learn from first principles now. If I can, I will look for the original proofs

[@ManintheMakingPodcast]

I believe you're referring to Richard Feynman who used the technique of explaining topics in simple language for understanding it.

[@diydad7704]

You nailed it! During my time at the university i thought of learning as weaving a web: you get some strings and you tie some knots - and when you have thought about a topic enough, your brain will finish the work while you sleep and it's all in the right place the next morning. It didn't always work that way, but having an idea of how learning works helped me a lot.

[@shiwarkacharya6509]

This man is a fantastic teacher. Love the way he teaches.

[@CassDawgx]

This was amazingly insightful, thank you.

[@sanidhyas3s]

I usually followed that 5th point. I try to explain Concepts and Methods to my classmates and even when I study myself I try to explain myself after I read it.

[@NicholasLeung_nktleung]

You speak with so much sophistication! One might crown you an introvert but your speech is impeccable! I have much respect as a year 11 student...

[@rinfelakhalthang4426]

Ok, this guy words and explanation is going places. Making maths actually become interesting. Such a young teacher with such a good explanation is rare. Respect. Love your videos

[@zemo8857]

Alhamdullilah I found this .. And thank you for posting this.

[@navoneel6780]

Practice makes habit and not perfect! The thing I struggled to prove all my childhood. Thumbs up those who think that way.

[@scoutiano4441]

sometimes i am scared to start things without professional help because i dont waant to develop bad habits

[@Supervideo1491]

Plenty of tutorials are present on KZbin that teach you how to develop smart study habits (as well as other smart habits). Go look 'em up.

[@maysoona3356]

the curious with the right and perfect practice you will see good results (atleast it works for me) like in sports it's important to practice to get better of course you have to do the right practice

[@navoneel6780]

chaimae wac nice to hear that! I totally agree with you. I tried to mean that practice will make habit, but add it with some love, dedication and will; and it will make us perfect. If we're not satisfied with that, we shall then try polishing our passion and then some of us shall be the person whom people call the "god gifted". There are many different views on this topic. This is my version. I have experienced only a small number of years on this earth. I regard myself too young to give any advice. Thank you.

[@maysoona3356]

the curious perfectly said .I can't agree more.I just want to add that in whatever you are willing to achieve you have to find the right technique so that you won't be wasting your time practicing .of course just like you said if you keep recklessly practicing you will only make a habit and even worse a bad habit if you don't know what you are doing

[@danielosineye2557]

Thank you for this video Eddie. I can relate with the 5th myth. I usually just re-write the explanation of concepts in my own words like I am explaining to myself or someone else. It takes longer for me to not recall.

[@androshchukx]

your videos are giving me great insight into how proper orderly (productive) people think/live(manage time). Thank you!

[@reecenaidu6020]

Sleep was something I only gave priority after university. A shame

[@Holexification]

The truth has been revealed!

[@Hexanitrobenzene]

Who could have thought that internet will spread so widely. Even Ancient Greeks somehow got connected... :)

[@user-zx6rf1oz1b]

One truth prevailed

[@TheMatter52]

I know this is four years old, but it made me so glad to hear you say that practice makes habit. 6 years ago my swim team coach taught me the same thing, and I have lived by that everywhere I can, especially in my math classes! Glad some good people have some sense also 👍🏻👍🏻

[@wittycurlz2418]

Absolutely great! I am a 38 year old and am going back to learn everything i didn’t understand in school. I had a fear of numbers. Always just a passing grade. I never had a teacher who sat with me to help. Now I’m so glad the internet is here and I can take my time and understand things slowly. Also the reason I never focused hard was because I had a terrible home life, abusive parents.

[@universalalgorithm3263]

My whole life has been a lie!

[@AnkhArcRod]

Up until end of my university education, I slept roughly 4 hours a day. I did quite well in university. I did , however, hit a point in my age where I could not sustain myself on such low amounts of sleep.

[@psteeg3551]

I thoroughly believe you were bad at planning during those years

[@dep7311]

I thought I understood a topic but the last segment hit me so hard that I realized I have not even learned anything properly yet. Online class made it worse. It only takes a good teacher to fix my problem and this channel fits the description.

[@wtfuredead]

Was fortunate enough to read this quote in, everything of all places, a racing simulator: "Practice doesn't makes perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect."

[@newvillagefilms]

"Practice makes perfect" they said, but "nobody's perfect" they said, so why practice? 🤣😂

[@5Gazto]

6:58 Yes, the best way to learn is to teach. Scientifically proven.

[@tintirinao]

these are exactly the misconceptions i have followed in my highschool... and i regret that i have not found your video at that time... But now i have it...and will apply it from now in my studies.

[@kirkdoray3393]

I needed to hear this often in high school! Or maybe I did, but was too tired to understand since I stayed up all night to study. Thank you.

[@muthukumaranl]

Awesome....i was doing every one of these mistakes in some form in a different context...i am an adult learner....learning machine learning & AI while working as a software engineer...since i don't do ML & AI as part of my current work (which in itself is already demanding) i resort to find ways to squeeze time for learning it into my schedule making these exact same mistakes in the process..thanks Eddie Woo!..i am so glad i found you :-)

[@duomaxwell8803]

Sleep enough to learn efficiently. Poor Korean, Japanese and Chinese students. They are forced by the system to study aimlessly for competition (university slot, job slot) and waste most of youthful time in cram schools. It's hell for teenagers. Most of what Woo said are applcable for "work smart not hard". In 3 countries above, their social motto is mostly "work hard not smart".

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

Under a system like that I would commit suicide 😂

[@abhayagarwal5097]

Even in India

[@shiracremeans8156]

I recently came across an episode of Australian Story that featured you...it was awesome in so many ways. You have a passion that is both infectious and inspiring. I am nearing 65 years of age and I now think back to my school days as, basically, an unmonitored, boring, production line of learning.. Very few of my teachers, back then, showed any significant enthusiam, that made the learning experience a desirable one. My passion was creating art.... a subect, back then, that was considered a leisure time pursuit and seen as insignificant to anyone as a career choice. I was an adverage student and made exceptible grades and scraped through. Sadly though, my real passion was smothered by a system that was there just to churn out people who had a "standardised" education, that would fit into "standardised" employment situations. I left school at an early age and, by doing so, ended up working in jobs that numbed me no end. I "re-educated" myself, by haunting the local library... particularly researching art styles and art therory. It took a long time before the "hobbyist" art I started to create attracted attention. After all those years, today, I am an award winning artist and still paint every day... I also, (when time allows), teach art classes. Watching you in action in your classes, reminds me of my enthusiasm I exude in my classes. Although I am not in your league of expertise of teaching, I just love watching those light bulbs come on when my students "get it". Thank you for being there for the kids and loving what you do...they are our future... they are the most important asset we have...... Cheers

[@raghav_singh_]

Just one sentence to say I fall in love with your teaching 😘😘

[@thorisomolefe2276]

... off to go teach my baby sister graph theory and ring theory ...

[@john-sebastianbarrera1884]

"at this point in my career" He looks 17 😂 😂 😂

[@kotarojujo6365]

@pk5l ouip yes most Asian people look younger than their peers.

[@joeroganpodfantasy42]

Asians show their age with their clothes. Glasses means 20+ Tie means 25+

[@bhagyashreeurao7931]

Why isn't every teacher like you are?? You are really amazing sir!!

[@lisapryce]

Thanks Eddy! This is awesome. I host International students and I am constantly battling these blockages to true learning. I am glad to hear someone else suggesting the 'memorize / repeat' method, lack of sleep and excerise will hinder learning. I also, ask a lot of questions when a topic from class comes to the dinner table. Without embarassing anyone, I hope to encourage further investigation and research. Teachers are guides and some of what we are taught is not even true. It is the duty and responsibility of the individual to fully investigate an issue, own it, and then claim it as their truth. Meantime, why is no one paying any attention to the continued leakage of Fukushima? For 4 years this reactor has been spewing nuclear toxin's and killing the Pacific and it's contents. We are next, and soon, if this is not stopped. We need the majority of people to wake up to this and demand their right to live...

[@delayed_control]

#5 Rubber duck debugging much?

[@unitelanka]

What's good for the heart is good for the brain.

[@pritpalsingh3609]

Best way to learn is to explain. I completely dig this. I'm a tutor and I basically teach everything to middle and high school students from history to maths to english. It's astonishing what teaching does to you like you said. You begin to clear your own concepts while solving the problems of maths and for other literature subjects and history, geography the concepts just get firmly embedded in your mind. It's like you have your own doubts and you begin to clear them. I don't think I'll ever forget the textbooks I teach them in my entire life. And also I tell my students to teach me like I'm a student whatever they learnt after finishing each chapter.

[@Mecharocca]

I loved math growing up. I wasn't great at it, but I was so motivated to ace it. I won't blame teachers, my eventual laziness got the better of me, but Mr. Woo is so engaged in his talks, I would have loved to have a Math teacher like this. To be fair, my English and History teachers were this kind of engaged and they were my best subjects. Good vid!

[@BangMaster96]

The best way to learn something is to first read it, even if you don't understand it, just read through the chapter, or notes then, break it down into steps start from the beginning, and master the basics you won't be able to learn anything advanced if your foundation is weak just like when building a house, you must first lay out a floor plan, start digging, and lay a foundation for the house, without a foundation, the house will just topple so to build knowledge, lay a plan, read the chapter, then start digging it bit by bit, eventually you will build that knowledge learning requires lots of hours so stop watching KZbin video and start studying

[@13TrafalgarLaw]

As a music teacher and Engineer i agree on the first but also dissagree. For everyone the right practice is different.Also bad teaching can harm you and make you feel stupid when the teacher is actually stupid. Also if you learn alone and read a lot you can learn how to learn and this is the key for every feature job if you want to be super engineer or to go for a PhD. For just a Mathematician or a Physicist it is ok you do not need to study something new for the rest of your life after the university if you teach kids or adults, so you do not need this self taught skill.

[@adityagurung9673]

A i know this is kinda late reply; but practice doesn't make things perfect. Practice with correct tehnique makes you perfect.

[@maysoona3356]

Aditya Gurung true

[@alexandreoliveiras7760]

i kinda knew everything you said, but the "practice makes perfect" i never thought that way, pretty much true, thanks for the video!

[@dapianoman20]

As a music teacher, I tell my students that practice makes permanent because whatever you practice, whether it be good or bad, will become what sticks. And absolutely Eddie here is on the same wavelength! Love it ❤️

[@panwarhappy9368]

Sir, Why derivative of e^x is e^x?

[@benjaminfacouchere2395]

Look at the taylor series for e^x: sum of x^n/n! for n=0..inf. Derive with respect to x and you will see that it gives the same series.

[@abhishek0o7]

Benjamin Facouchere thank you you solved my problem too

[@josezambrano6351]

Not just that way. You can too see to the definition of derivative. Take that limit and see what happen.

[@mathematix-rodcast]

The direct proof is simple: Let y = e^x y = e^x ln y = x (Taking the natural log of both sides) 1/y y' = 1 (Taking the implicit derivative with respect to x.) y' = y (Clearing fractions by multiplying both sides by y.) y' = e^x (Substitution into the original equation that stated y = e^x. Hence, Dx (e^x) = e^x

[@BlocksPlayTV]

09:00-09:23 all you need to know...

[@raulrubencolunga5284]

#1 and #5 are pure gold, and they apply to any subject. I keep improving my studying skills, even though I'm graduating of Lic. in Biological Ciences soon... Explaining what I read is the best way I find now to deeply understand and fix the knowledge.

[@JayDiOh]

So glad I found your channel! Becoming a math teacher soon and I'll definitely take your advice and lessons into my own teaching!

[@oconnordominic6727]

“We can form bad habits just as easy as good ones” Takes fingernail out of mouth

[@OmniscientWarrior]

Like he was calling you out or something.

[@Holobrine]

What if we structured school so that an entire grade has to teach the curriculum to the previous grade?

[@user-qt7fy1cg1u]

and when and what will the seniors study?

[@psteeg3551]

that would be great for tutoring hours, but it's highly inefficient for full time teaching

[@AlessioZocker]

Great video and great points you made here. I only want to supplement your last point you mentioned. I would also say that to "experience" the new materia you're about to learn is a very important step in order to understand and then try to explain it. Keep on the great work! Greetings from Germany! :)

[@muskannm1342]

Thank you so much !!!!!!!! passionate educators such as you are a real blessing

[@Vil_Greywish]

0:57 Bird fly by your welcome.

[@soapyfruit4731]

Vil Greywish the hero we deserve

[@pawpad1777]

Soapy Fruit, but not the one we need

[@BibtheChib]

All my Physics lecturers recommending Mary L Boas's Mathematics for Physical Sciences, and she says in the intro to practise all the time to get better, but her book is written crappily with loads of waffle and hardly anything that gets to the point, you can't even find stuff in the book. Bleurgh guess she don't know what she's on about smh.

[@shadmanmartinpiyal4057]

Best video ever. Brain synapses need time to reconnect with other synapses to learn a thing properly. So better study less but thinking a lot more about it throughout the day makes the synapses stronger.

[@paulB5557]

Hi Eddie...I am 62..sure wish your were about back in the 60's when I was trying to study maths at school. Wish you all the best and yes I will keep watching your videos...

[@tocodelray]

Coffee pours itself a cup of this guy in the morning. Great teacher!!

[@ginge641]

I've started helping another student with maths and, while it's not stuff I feel I needed help with, it's helpful for further consolidated. Tutor tip: people appreciate it when you talk in terms of things, thingies, thingalings and stuff.

[@aluda1417]

Wow!this video's advice is really simple,but surprisingly helpful to me!even though I knew all the stuff he talked about,still,it was eye-opening.i should show this to my friends who tell me to quit exercise if I want all As

[@man_vs_life]

Love your enthusiasm, and great points, especially the last one.

[@code5175]

I'm a martial arts instructor, and for the last 3 years I've been telling my students "Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect." I'm so glad that someone like Eddie Woo also understands this concept!

[@salmaalfawal6155]

Actually just discovered your channel 2 days before. Now I really love math Thanks very much teacher you made me love it and it's my first time to understand math not just follow the steps

[@prateekkumar9873]

This man was making chapters in a single video for ease of viewers 8 years back! Legend

[@davidwilkie9551]

Excellent commentary, the current equivalents upgraded to today from the discoveries of Piaget etc, and applied or continued to the self-teaching courses available now, this is greatly improved over the indifferent chalk and talk on its own.

[@sk8rdman]

I love the "bake a cake" analogy. Anyone can follow a recipe, but that doesn't mean you know how to bake. Likewise in math education, too much emphasis is put on teaching students to follow an algorithm, and not enough on teaching them how or why those algorithms work, so that students know how to come up with their own solutions to novel problems. I believe Einstein also said something along the lines of, "the formulation of a problem is often more important than its solution".

[@Endrit719]

Indeed I totally agree with you Eddie , me personally I learned things but I never understood them the way I understood after explaining it to others , great video

[@finalbossd]

I think it is safe to say that you have WOOed me over with your style!

[@josephlai9759]

I totally agree especially the last point. The real test to understanding is explaining. So it is that the good teachers are great students, and great students are good teachers. In long time passed, the 'school' that were were gatherings of children teaching each other. No teacher just lots of teachers, challenging each other with questions from all directions.

[@TamNguyen-mz7se]

really incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your insights.