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This is obviously a joke. But people get spaced repetition wrong. Most people think you need a spaced-repetition schedule for long term memory of facts. You re
by bayesian_horse 4y ago
This is obviously a joke.
But people get spaced repetition wrong. Most people think you need a spaced-repetition schedule for long term memory of facts. You really don't. The only proposition of spaced repetition is that you spend less time studying when using this schedule than with a more dense repetition schedule, if both lead to the same long term memory effect.
Another schedule might be to review your complete vocabulary list every day. This will also lead you to long term memory, eventually. Earlier probably (in terms of calendar time). But you'd spend more hands-on-time studying. However, you'd much prefer the former method over the latter when preparing for an exam on a specific date.
Also: formal methods of managing the schedule aren't really necessary. Reading in a foreign language counts as repetition of the words. Exposure to the language and the vocabulary counts, for example what Duolingo does with its various activities is partly spaced repetition, but less formally so.