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Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by rsanek »

c0ax9 wrote: post #410
sivers wrote: post #18

My boy is 11 now. We've used Anki with him every day since he was about 5. Examples of things he's memorized, for fun: * every country, recognized by unlabeled shape on the map * spelling * many body parts, names of bones and organs, from illustration * chemical elements, by symbol (Na, Fe, Zn, etc) * unix filesystem commands * numeracy references (km from here to Japan, earth to sun, meters from home to school) * re…

Sorry for the late response but I have a question regarding this that I hope you can answer. I'm also a long time anki user for the purpose of learning a foreign language. It is one of the core tools that got me to the level that I am today. I like it so much that I am also using it with my son. I'm using it for spellings mostly. But (and here comes the question) I'm also contemplating making him another deck for the…

General advice here is that separate decks are easier to review, but a single deck will result in better retention thanks to benefits of interleaving.

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by WuxiFingerHold »

alabhyajindal wrote: post #113
Arisaka1 wrote: post #4

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Wait a moment. "tar commandline flags"? When I was still learning how to program, the general advice was to avoid memorizing things you can easily look up, like language syntax, framework functionality or commandline flags, and just let it happen. In fact, I recently caught myself skimming Nest.js docs to make cards to learn how to use Nest.js BEFORE I even start working on my project, and almost felt like I'm procra…

He should have used Vim instead of memorizing it's keybindings. That makes no sense at all.

I've done both. It was very effective.

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Post by degosuke »

studley wrote: post #393
degosuke wrote: post #358

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I was just wondering how to apply anki for learning guitar tabs. Can you please share a sample of one of your piano cards?

For the "front", I give a title like "Sonata K.545 - The turn". And then the "back" is a screenshot of a few bars (usually between 2 and 5 bars). If those bars happen to be towards the end of a line, I'll also include a screen shot of the clef (left-hand side), so I know the key! When I am using the deck, on each card, I immediately hit the "space" key to show the back (because I am not using the deck to "memorize").…

This is very helpful. Thank you. So in a way these are like practice cards and not only memory cards.

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Post by mcmoor »

SamPatt wrote: post #70

One tip for working with Anki: you will likely learn better - and review cards more regularly - if you write the cards yourself instead of using a preexisting deck. Going through a course / textbook -> taking notes on paper -> adding key concepts as Anki flashcards -> reviewing them daily: extremely effective Preexisting decks can work - I used one to successfully study for my Amateur Radio License - but that assumes…

Is there any easy way to make card on mobile? I will likely never do this on PC and I haven't really see any easy way to do it on mobile

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Post by owenpalmer »

Anki journaling is a cool concept. You write your journal entry as the front of the card and the date on the back. I tried it a few years back, it was really cool to be able to think of an arbitrary date and recite what happened that day. I've since forgotten most of the events since I abandoned the review, but it was cool while it lasted.

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Post by studley »

degosuke wrote: post #413
studley wrote: post #393

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For the "front", I give a title like "Sonata K.545 - The turn". And then the "back" is a screenshot of a few bars (usually between 2 and 5 bars). If those bars happen to be towards the end of a line, I'll also include a screen shot of the clef (left-hand side), so I know the key! When I am using the deck, on each card, I immediately hit the "space" key to show the back (because I am not using the deck to "memorize").…

This is very helpful. Thank you. So in a way these are like practice cards and not only memory cards.

Exactly!

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by DiogenesKynikos »

Postosuchus wrote: post #401
DiogenesKynikos wrote: post #259

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> when Judaism began & who started it A bit off topic, but this is a very tricky question to answer. The traditional answer is Moses, ca. 1200 BC. The real answer would take many PhD theses to arrive at. It's really a process that took place between the 10th and 5th centuries BC (and arguably continued even much later than that).

Technically Abraham, as he was the one, with whom G-d established the Covenant. Although I'm pretty sure there are lengthy disputes in Talmud arguing that it started with Adam and Hava.

I'm counting from when Yahweh declared Israel his people and handed down the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (all mythological, of course, though there may be some real inspiration for Exodus, like the mythological Iliad and the real city of Troy).

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by sebnun »

kebsup wrote: post #82

(Shameless plug at the end) During my Erasmus in Germany, I've tried almost all of the top language learning apps (Duolingo, Babel, Seedlang, Anki...) and none of them have really worked me. What I wanted was: * Learning in context --> A lot of German words do not have direct English/Czech translation, so learning the 1:1 word translation did not work well * Having audio for each card * Intensive pace --> Going throu…

Nice, it would be useful to have this in other languages.

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by eduFreedom »

samus wrote: post #271
sivers wrote: post #255

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It's not perfect, but it's better than not doing it. He enjoys it.

That is important. SRS doesn't work for many people because, in short, they don't really enjoy it.

Exactly, and that lack of enjoyment comes from the learning content in their SRS app rather than the SRS itself.

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by sajforbes »

xbar wrote: post #149
pavelboyko wrote: post #36

Spaced repetition, especially when using tools like Anki, is effective for memorizing facts. However, memorization represents the most basic level of learning objectives, see e.g. [1] and [2]. Are there any recommended tools for practicing more advanced levels of knowledge, such as relational analysis, synthesis, and critical evaluation? [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_taxonomy [2] https://en.m.wikipedi…

I think you are minimizing something that is very important. Understanding deeply and completely any topic is much easier when you understand deeply and completely the fundamental components and concepts--which starts with memorization.

This idea was the foundation for the Quantum Country book [0], which was essentially an experiment in combining reading with spaced repetition learning to let you do just that: understand a topic deeply.

Anyone interested in the theoretical underpinnings of the idea can read about it in the blog post [1] the co-authors wrote. For anyone who objects to the idea that rote-memorisation can aide learning rather than simply let you mechanically repeat facts, you should read the paragraph "How important is memory, anyway?" [2].

[0]: https://quantum.country/ [1]: https://numinous.productions/ttft/ [2]: https://numinous.productions/ttft/#how-important-is-memory

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