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I never managed to get any benefit from spaced repetition. I tried paper and anki. I found I remembered more creating the cards than reviewing them. Creating t

I never managed to get any benefit from spaced repetition. I tried paper and anki. I found I remembered more creating the cards than reviewing them. Creating the cards made me think about the information and understand it so I could create the card (back and front) in a beneficial way. Reviewing them was a waste of time for me, but the act of creating something with the information I was trying to learn worked wonders. To be honest I found this with mind maps, concept maps, and nearly every single other way of presenting information in a way that is touted as a good way to learn.

Leftium 4y ago
Many people just want to use other peoples' Anki decks. They lose two big benefits: - The brain activity from making a card assists your memory, possibly more than reviewing itself. Reviewing just enforces the memory even more. - The more vivid/personal the memory, the easier it is to remember. I can still remember the exact moment 20+ years ago some Korean vocab was burned into my permanent memory. For example, Korean has a complex set of words for extended family that's hard for me to remember. After I met my real-life 이모, I never forgot it means "mother's sister." The book Fluent Forever[1] focuses on efficient language learning, where SRS plays an important role. Gabriel has done a lot of research on learning and the human brain; many of the techniques can be extended beyond language learning. [1]: https://www.nateliason.com/notes/fluent-forever-gabriel-weinberg https://www.nateliason.com/notes/fluent-forever-gabriel-wein...