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Find the exact bit I've misunderstood
It asks you questions until it finds the broken piece, then fixes only that.
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Updates as you typeI'm stuck on why a bike stays up when it's moving and I've half got it. Here's how I currently understand it: I thought it was the spinning wheels acting like gyroscopes, but I read that bikes with the gyroscope cancelled out still balance, so now I don't know what's holding it up at all. Where it falls apart: if it's not the gyroscope, what makes it turn back under itself when it starts to fall Don't explain the topic yet. First, ask me questions until you've found the exact point where my understanding goes wrong. One question at a time, and wait for my answer. Make them the kind of question that would give different answers depending on what I believe, not questions I can bluff. When you've found it, tell me in one sentence what I've got wrong. Then fix only that. Don't re-teach the whole subject from the start, and don't explain the parts I already had right. Then give me one case where my old understanding would have led me to the wrong answer, so I can feel the difference.
What you get: A few sharp questions, then a fix aimed at the one piece that was broken.
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Don't re-teach the whole thing
Say you're confused and you'll get the topic explained again from the top, which is exactly the explanation that already failed you. Being stuck is almost always one wrong belief sitting underneath everything else. This makes the model go and find it before it says anything.
The last instruction is worth the wait. Seeing where your old idea would have given you the wrong answer is what makes the correction stick.
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