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Some people swear that the process of making the deck helps significantly with their ability to retain the material. Personally I find it a waste of time and a
by Larrikin 10y ago
Some people swear that the process of making the deck helps significantly with their ability to retain the material.
Personally I find it a waste of time and all time spent editing cards is a waste to me. It doesn't help me. Learning traditionally (taking notes, answering practice questions, etc) from books and reviewing with Anki is the most effective for me.
- summarite 10y agoYmmv but when building a deck creating mnemonics for each item was really important for me. Made it a lot slower to enter data but much more fun and much more effective in later use.
- Larrikin 10y agoI found mnemonics to really only be useful when you're in the beginner stage. Once I got up to intermediate real world usage was much more helpful and easier to remember since I didn't have to remember a completely unrelated thing along with what I wanted to learn.