Test your understanding with the Feynman technique

You explain a topic in simple words; the model finds the gaps, errors and jargon you used to hide what you do not understand.

Prompt, 2 blanks to fill
I am learning {{TOPIC}} using the Feynman technique. Here is my explanation, written as if teaching a beginner:

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{{MY_EXPLANATION}}
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Review it as a strict but kind teacher:
1. What is accurate.
2. What is wrong, and the correct version.
3. Gaps: important steps or ideas I skipped.
4. Jargon or vague phrases that might be hiding a gap in my understanding.
5. One question that would expose whether I really understand the hardest part.

Do not rewrite my explanation for me. I will revise it myself.

Example output

Accurate: your description of supply and demand curves. Gap: you did not explain why price moves toward equilibrium. Jargon hiding a gap: "market forces" (what are they, concretely?) Try again: explain what sellers do when goods pile up.

How to use

Write your explanation without notes first; struggling is the point. Revise and resubmit until the review finds no gaps.

Why it works

Explaining something simply reveals what you do not understand. Asking the model to judge rather than rewrite keeps the work, and the learning, with you.

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