What I noticed

I can gather technical information quickly and reproduce it. What I’m less sure of is whether I actually understand it, because when someone asks me to explain the reasoning behind it, the explanation doesn’t always hold up.

A narrower question

The easy conclusion is “I don’t understand it.” The more useful question is narrower: is this a knowledge gap, a retrieval gap, or a practice gap. Those need different fixes. I’m running a test to find out which one it actually is, rather than assuming.

What I took from it

  1. “I don’t understand it” is too broad to act on. Name which kind of gap it is first.
  2. Knowledge, retrieval, and practice gaps need different fixes, so guessing wrong wastes the effort.
  3. Test the hypothesis before believing it.