I have always tried reinventing the wheel. I've tried various learning techniques. Some works for me, some doesn't. But after experimenting with various techniques, there is only one thing that I have realized.
IT DOESN'T MATTER
Yup. It doesn't matter what technique you are using because out of all the techniques, there is a deeper concept about how our brains work. That is, we don't learn a subject/concept rigorously on the first try. We learn it intuitively at first.
This was my biggest problem back then. I kept on trying to force myself to learn everything rigorously on the first time when I should instead learn it intuitively.
Back in college when I was studying Physics, I remembered how I kept on trying to rederive the equations from scratch when I SHOULD INSTEAD be learning how to apply them first. Good thing I caught that mistake and I applied it on Programming
Let Us Apply
Learn the syntax first. The questions? It will come later. Again, the goal was to learn intuitively first. Learn the syntax to gain pattern recognition of how coding works first and save the questions for last. By the time you are to answer the questions, your brain has already diffused and has gain exposure on some few details. This makes learning easier.