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Congratulations on pulling the app together so quickly. Out of curiosity, is there research to suggest that using flashcards is a superior way of learning? For
by rrf 18y ago
Congratulations on pulling the app together so quickly. Out of curiosity, is there research to suggest that using flashcards is a superior way of learning? For example, for languages, isn't it better to practice with a native speaker to understand the subtleties of the language, expressions, etc.? Personally, I am now more likely to rely on the Internet as a store of facts, like capitals of the world, rather than commit such facts to memory.
- baker 18y agoThanks for the kind words. "Personally, I am now more likely to rely on the Internet as a store of facts, like capitals of the world, rather than commit such facts to memory." One of the reasons we were motivated to build this application was the observation that people were 'outsourcing' their memory, eg. just Googling for information. Outsourcing our memory limits are ability to think deeply. Why bother remembering words when you can just sound out the word each time? Why bother remembering their meaning when you can just do a search on Google?
- rrf 18y agoI'm no brain expert, but I'm not sure that we use the same part of the brain for remembering facts as we do for thinking deeply. Happy to be proved wrong on that.