# How to check if you really understand a topic?
## Also known as the The Fegmman technique
#permanentnote
## Source
- unsure
## Keywords (topics and howto)
- [[topic - learning]]
- [[topic - learning to learn]]
- [[how to be a better reader]] - when you know you will become a teacher, you read better
- [[how to be a better communicator]]
## Relevant notes
## Notes
If you cannot explaining it to a 12 years old, do you really understand it?