Isn't this really good for route learning? Which outside of a limited few situations (vocab, exams) is the most useless type of learning there is?
Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
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#32fascinating article. wonder if it also applies to
correcting wrong memorization
-- ie to break a mental habit, space it out according to
this formula.
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#33Those 7 pages cannot be necessary. Could someone sum it up in a paragraph with wikipedia references?
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
(edit) Sorry. I misread your post. Here's the rest of my original comment: I've been using SuperMemo off and on for the last ten years. It is by no means an elegant or user friendly app. However, there is a lot of science behind it and it's worth checking out by anyone interested in memory. Readers of yc should have no problem with it. Another point worth mentioning is that Wozniak has shared his knowledge with the w…
I think r7000 (a significant improvement over the earlier r6000 model) was referring to the shamefulness of plugging his/her _own_ software. ;) So no Mac version? The site mentions an in-progress Linux version but it sounds like it's not happening.
I just starting using Anki ( http://ichi2.net/anki/ ) which runs on OS X, Windows, Linux, and is open-source.
Accepts Mnemosyne decks, too.
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#35Wozniak is an interesting and respectable guy; I have the feeling that he tries to remember everything, or something close to it. This strategy works well for declarative memories, but does not generalize with the same efficiency for other memories. SuperMemo is an ingenious program with a rotten UI. I have been looking for better ways to do this and would be interested in speaking with anybody else with similar inte…
Maybe this technique could apply to other kinds of memories when combined with lifelogging. I could video tape all the time and then choose certain portions of video to retain in memory by review.
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#36Is there a Mac version?
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#37Spaced repetition is killer. It seems to take the work out of remembering things, leaving nothing but determination. I've been using http://kanji.koohii.com for awhile, which is an excellent implementation of the technique for remembering the meaning of Japanese characters using a particular method book. A niche site, to be sure, but an excellent implementation overall. I also recommend http://ichi2.net/anki/ , which…
Anki looks great, thanks for the link.
I was just thinking today how it's time to start studying Japanese again. I studied there for a year when I was in high school, but have forgotten a lot since then. Time to relearn :)
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#39Spaced repetition is killer. It seems to take the work out of remembering things, leaving nothing but determination. I've been using http://kanji.koohii.com for awhile, which is an excellent implementation of the technique for remembering the meaning of Japanese characters using a particular method book. A niche site, to be sure, but an excellent implementation overall. I also recommend http://ichi2.net/anki/ , which…
This is good for me; I'm studying for the JLPT 1, and writing a simple web application to assist in vocabulary drills. The application is part of my final project, so I'm not stopping development, but I'll definitely look into adding some of these timing methods into the system. Also, just to let you know, I've found that studying kanji on their own is generally a waste of time; without context, they tend to lose the…
I have found the same thing. The Heisig method seems to serve mostly to bridge the gap between learning a character and learning a word that uses the character. While I can learn character meanings with the memorization technique, the really don't stick until I've got vocab to go with them.
Re: Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
#40Spaced repetition is killer. It seems to take the work out of remembering things, leaving nothing but determination. I've been using http://kanji.koohii.com for awhile, which is an excellent implementation of the technique for remembering the meaning of Japanese characters using a particular method book. A niche site, to be sure, but an excellent implementation overall. I also recommend http://ichi2.net/anki/ , which…
This is good for me; I'm studying for the JLPT 1, and writing a simple web application to assist in vocabulary drills. The application is part of my final project, so I'm not stopping development, but I'll definitely look into adding some of these timing methods into the system. Also, just to let you know, I've found that studying kanji on their own is generally a waste of time; without context, they tend to lose the…
Second reply: another interesting use of spaced repetition, in a somewhat different context, is the AJATT method: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com. It uses complete sentences as the cues, thus ensuring valid context all the time.