The psychology of learning examines how individuals acquire knowledge and interact with their surroundings. Mental health as a field can sometimes appear unfamiliar or unclear, making it difficult to understand what the experience involves, or the role nurses play within it. Although psychology is a broad and complex discipline, learning fundamental psychological terms and concepts is an important first step toward understanding the human mind. The Feynman technique is a learning and meaning-making approach in which a person explains a new idea as if teaching a child, helping to reveal gaps in understanding and strengthen retention. In the pre-test assessment of nursing students from both BSc and GNM programs, 46 students (70.8%) demonstrated inadequate knowledge, 16 (24.6%) showed moderate knowledge, and 3 (4.6%) had adequate knowledge. After using Feynman technique of learning, post-mean knowledge scores increased to 6.91% and found to be significant at the level of p < 0.001 which indicates that Feynman technique of learning helped in increasing the knowledge about basic concepts of psychiatric nursing for nursing students. Hence the research hypothesis states that there will be no significant variable association between the level of knowledge with selected baseline variables such as age, gender, year of study, place of stay, interest in psychiatric nursing, previous knowledge, difficulty in understanding psychiatric concepts and clinical exposure to psychiatric set up. Hence H2 rejected at the level of 0.562% significance. It has been found that Feynman learning technique activates the learner, and the person used learning strategy in his/her reading abilities to study the subject with interest has increased student`s academic progress, and academic performance.

Keywords: Feynman learning technique, psychiatric nursing education, knowledge improvement, nursing students, mental health concepts

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1. Sonia Tomar, et al. A Study of Effective Learning Strategies in Relation to Intelligence Level across the Science and Arts Academic Streams of Secondary Level. IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR-JRME) e-ISSN: 2320–7388, p-ISSN: 2320–737X Volume 4, Issue 6 Ver. III (Nov - Dec. 2014), PP 41-50.
2. Reyes EP, Blanco RMFL, Doroon DRL, Limana JLB, Torcende AMA. Feynman Technique as a Heutagogical Learning Strategy for Independent and Remote Learning. RMRJ [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 3 [cited 2026 May 20];9(2):1-13. Available from: https://rmrj.usjr.edu.ph/rmrj/index.php/ RMRJ/article/view/958.
3. Alfareza IA, Khoiriyah K, Aji P, Puji M. The effect of using Feynman method on students’ reading comprehension at eleventh grade of SMKN 2 Kediri in academic year 2021/2022 [Internet]. Available from: https://repository.upi.edu/111682/1/S_JEP_1903372_Title.pdf
4. Emadi SR, Momenirad A, Bayat Z. The effect of Feynman quantum learning technique on cognitive and metacognitive skills, academic self-efficacy and students’ academic performance. J Cogn Strateg Learn. 2022;10(18):89–112. doi: 22084/j.psychogy.2022.21017.2099.
5. Park HR, Park E. Nursing students’ perception of class immersion facilitators in psychiatric nursing: Team-based learning combined with flipped learning. Nurse Educ Today. 2021 Mar;98:104653. doi: 1016/j.nedt.2020.104653.
6. Thongpriwan V, Leuck SE, Powell RL, Young S, Schuler SG, Hughes RG. Undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes toward mental health nursing. Nurse Educ Today. 2015 Aug;35(8):948–53. doi: 1016/j.nedt.2015.03.011.
7. Silva SDS, Santos MH, Pereira AGH. Attitudes, knowledge, and opinions regarding mental health among undergraduate nursing students. Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2013 Oct;47(5). doi: 1590/S0080-623420130000500026.
8. Saito AS, Creedy DK. Determining mental health literacy of undergraduate nursing students to inform learning and teaching strategies. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2021 Oct;30(5):1117–26. doi: 1111/inm.12862.
9. Adeoye MA. From struggle to success: The Feynman techniques’ revolutionary impact on slow learners. Think Skills Creat. 2023;6(2):125–33.
10. Abellanosa RA, De Leon RC, Alfonso PAM, Nisperos RM. The utilization of the Feynman technique in paired team teaching towards enhancing Grade 10 ANHS students’ academic achievement in science. In: 2020 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC); Princeton, NJ, USA. IEEE; 2020.
11. Reyes EP, Blanco RMF, Doroon DRL, Limana JLB, Torcende AMA. Feynman technique as a heutagogical learning strategy for independence and remote learning. Recoletos Multidiscip Res J. 2021;9(2):1–13.

The psychology of learning examines how individuals acquire knowledge and interact with their surroundings. Mental health as a field can sometimes appear unfamiliar or unclear, making it difficult to understand what the experience involves, or the role nurses play within it. Although psychology is a broad and complex discipline, learning fundamental psychological terms and concepts is an important first step toward understanding the human mind. The Feynman technique is a learning and meaning-making approach in which a person explains a new idea as if teaching a child, helping to reveal gaps in understanding and strengthen retention. In the pre-test assessment of nursing students from both BSc and GNM programs, 46 students (70.8%) demonstrated inadequate knowledge, 16 (24.6%) showed moderate knowledge, and 3 (4.6%) had adequate knowledge. After using Feynman technique of learning, post-mean knowledge scores increased to 6.91% and found to be significant at the level of p < 0.001 which indicates that Feynman technique of learning helped in increasing the knowledge about basic concepts of psychiatric nursing for nursing students. Hence the research hypothesis states that there will be no significant variable association between the level of knowledge with selected baseline variables such as age, gender, year of study, place of stay, interest in psychiatric nursing, previous knowledge, difficulty in understanding psychiatric concepts and clinical exposure to psychiatric set up. Hence H2 rejected at the level of 0.562% significance. It has been found that Feynman learning technique activates the learner, and the person used learning strategy in his/her reading abilities to study the subject with interest has increased student`s academic progress, and academic performance.

Keywords: Feynman learning technique, psychiatric nursing education, knowledge improvement, nursing students, mental health concepts

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1. Sonia Tomar, et al. A Study of Effective Learning Strategies in Relation to Intelligence Level across the Science and Arts Academic Streams of Secondary Level. IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR-JRME) e-ISSN: 2320–7388, p-ISSN: 2320–737X Volume 4, Issue 6 Ver. III (Nov - Dec. 2014), PP 41-50.
2. Reyes EP, Blanco RMFL, Doroon DRL, Limana JLB, Torcende AMA. Feynman Technique as a Heutagogical Learning Strategy for Independent and Remote Learning. RMRJ [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 3 [cited 2026 May 20];9(2):1-13. Available from: https://rmrj.usjr.edu.ph/rmrj/index.php/ RMRJ/article/view/958.
3. Alfareza IA, Khoiriyah K, Aji P, Puji M. The effect of using Feynman method on students’ reading comprehension at eleventh grade of SMKN 2 Kediri in academic year 2021/2022 [Internet]. Available from: https://repository.upi.edu/111682/1/S_JEP_1903372_Title.pdf
4. Emadi SR, Momenirad A, Bayat Z. The effect of Feynman quantum learning technique on cognitive and metacognitive skills, academic self-efficacy and students’ academic performance. J Cogn Strateg Learn. 2022;10(18):89–112. doi: 22084/j.psychogy.2022.21017.2099.
5. Park HR, Park E. Nursing students’ perception of class immersion facilitators in psychiatric nursing: Team-based learning combined with flipped learning. Nurse Educ Today. 2021 Mar;98:104653. doi: 1016/j.nedt.2020.104653.
6. Thongpriwan V, Leuck SE, Powell RL, Young S, Schuler SG, Hughes RG. Undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes toward mental health nursing. Nurse Educ Today. 2015 Aug;35(8):948–53. doi: 1016/j.nedt.2015.03.011.
7. Silva SDS, Santos MH, Pereira AGH. Attitudes, knowledge, and opinions regarding mental health among undergraduate nursing students. Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2013 Oct;47(5). doi: 1590/S0080-623420130000500026.
8. Saito AS, Creedy DK. Determining mental health literacy of undergraduate nursing students to inform learning and teaching strategies. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2021 Oct;30(5):1117–26. doi: 1111/inm.12862.
9. Adeoye MA. From struggle to success: The Feynman techniques’ revolutionary impact on slow learners. Think Skills Creat. 2023;6(2):125–33.
10. Abellanosa RA, De Leon RC, Alfonso PAM, Nisperos RM. The utilization of the Feynman technique in paired team teaching towards enhancing Grade 10 ANHS students’ academic achievement in science. In: 2020 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC); Princeton, NJ, USA. IEEE; 2020.
11. Reyes EP, Blanco RMF, Doroon DRL, Limana JLB, Torcende AMA. Feynman technique as a heutagogical learning strategy for independence and remote learning. Recoletos Multidiscip Res J. 2021;9(2):1–13.