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Some interesting ideas, but why are question and answer cards better than Cloze cards? A recent blog post (https://senrigan.io/blog/everything-i-know-strategies

Some interesting ideas, but why are question and answer cards better than Cloze cards? A recent blog post (https://senrigan.io/blog/everything-i-know-strategies-tips-and-tricks-for-spaced-repetition-anki/ https://senrigan.io/blog/everything-i-know-strategies-tips-a..., https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19831526 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19831526) suggested Clozes were better. Neither one provided much reason to believe what they said.

vezycash 7y ago
In my experience, the first cloze option should be something easy to guess. For example, take the text: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The sun rises in {{c1::the}} {{c2::east}} and sets in the {{c3::west}}. Since the first card is easy to guess, the cloze card effectively becomes the tutorial. It makes it easy for people to use cards made by others.
gbacon 7y ago
To prepare for the FAA instrument written and oral exam component of the checkride, I built an Anki deck (https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2105122272 https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2105122272) with the following principles in mind, all of which favored cloze cards. * Effective learning: Twenty rules of formulating knowledge https://www.supermemo.com/en/articles/20rules https://www.supermemo.com/en/articles/20rules * Anki Guide for Medical Students https://drwillbe.blogspot.com/2011/08/anki-guide-for-medical-students.html https://drwillbe.blogspot.com/2011/08/anki-guide-for-medical... * How to make high quality Anki cards quickly https://managingmedicine.org/2013/05/14/how-to-make-high-quality-anki-cards-quickly/ https://managingmedicine.org/2013/05/14/how-to-make-high-qua... * Anki Tips: What I Learned Making 10,000 Flashcards http://rs.io/anki-tips/ http://rs.io/anki-tips/ By default, Anki will show you only a few cards per day. Following suggestions from med students who have to absorb a lot of information quickly, I made the following settings changes: * Options > New Cards * Steps (in minutes): 1 360 * Order: Show new cards in random order * New cards/day: 9999 * Graduating interval: 1 day * Easy interval: 2 days * Starting ease: 250% * Bury related new cards until the next day: UNCHECKED * Options > Reviews * Maximum reviews/day: 9999 * Easy bonus: 130 * Interval modifier: 100 * Maximum interval: 36500 * Bury related new cards until the next day: CHECKED

vezycash 7y ago

In my experience, the first cloze option should be something easy to guess. For example, take the text: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The sun rises in {{c1::the}} {{c2::east}} and sets in the {{c3::west}}. Since the first card is easy to guess, the cloze card effectively becomes the tutorial. It makes it easy for people to use cards made by others.

gbacon 7y ago

To prepare for the FAA instrument written and oral exam component of the checkride, I built an Anki deck (https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2105122272 https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2105122272) with the following principles in mind, all of which favored cloze cards. * Effective learning: Twenty rules of formulating knowledge https://www.supermemo.com/en/articles/20rules https://www.supermemo.com/en/articles/20rules * Anki Guide for Medical Students https://drwillbe.blogspot.com/2011/08/anki-guide-for-medical-students.html https://drwillbe.blogspot.com/2011/08/anki-guide-for-medical... * How to make high quality Anki cards quickly https://managingmedicine.org/2013/05/14/how-to-make-high-quality-anki-cards-quickly/ https://managingmedicine.org/2013/05/14/how-to-make-high-qua... * Anki Tips: What I Learned Making 10,000 Flashcards http://rs.io/anki-tips/ http://rs.io/anki-tips/ By default, Anki will show you only a few cards per day. Following suggestions from med students who have to absorb a lot of information quickly, I made the following settings changes: * Options > New Cards * Steps (in minutes): 1 360 * Order: Show new cards in random order * New cards/day: 9999 * Graduating interval: 1 day * Easy interval: 2 days * Starting ease: 250% * Bury related new cards until the next day: UNCHECKED * Options > Reviews * Maximum reviews/day: 9999 * Easy bonus: 130 * Interval modifier: 100 * Maximum interval: 36500 * Bury related new cards until the next day: CHECKED