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I have noticed in myself, that it helps a lot with things which are conducive to route learning - that is, it is either something which has no innate meaning, l
by jacobush 7y ago
I have noticed in myself, that it helps a lot with things which are conducive to route learning - that is, it is either something which has no innate meaning, like a random sequence, or something I understand, such as a table of values.
But it helps very little (not surprisingly) when I need to learn a concept and a model. I thought maybe I can learn the model faster, if I have all the terms and their definitions down - but in fact I found it painful and probably distracting.
- mkagenius 7y ago> But it helps very little (not surprisingly) when I need to learn a concept and a model It helps in keeping the memory fresh. The concept you understand today may have little nuances which you will not recall if don't have some kind of revisions with some intervals.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoI find it less useful for learning complex things, but more useful for retaining them. So I learn something, but then I make cards for key points so that I'll be able to remember the whole thing later. Otherwise I find that after a while I don't always recall the whole concept.
- asdkhadsj 7y agoYea, in my (limited) experience Spaced Repetition can bring larger items into memory even if the card itself is not asking a big complex question. I think if you can phrase a question in such a way that to answer it you need to draw a larger model in your head you'll gain similar benefits to more traditional micro-spaced-repetition. Eg, you could add cards to individually remember family members, or you could add a card to remember all of the family members of X household. The latter is more vague but I think still effectively pulls the dependencies (individual family members) into your mind. This is speculation, so take it with a grain of salt.