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>it doesn't even really make sense for you to make flash cards. ideally they could be contextually created based on what you're viewing It does matter. You sho

by _dain_ 4y ago

>it doesn't even really make sense for you to make flash cards. ideally they could be contextually created based on what you're viewing It does matter. You shouldn't train on a flashcard until you have learned the idea. The computer doesn't know if you actually learned what you read. Making the flashcard based on your own understanding is an important part of encoding the memory -- it's an active process, rather than passive. It's well established in communities that use Anki a lot (like language learners) that someone else's pre-made decks aren't as effective as making your own. The exceptions are either small and simple (e.g. NATO phonetic alphabet), or had a lot of thought put into them with community feedback, like the ones medical students use.

endisneigh 4y ago
you're talking about training on flashcards. I'm talking about making the flash cards. of course using other people's cards isn't going to work (as well) - you don't have any context around them.
Al-Khwarizmi 4y ago
It's well established in communities that use Anki a lot (like language learners) that someone else's pre-made decks aren't as effective as making your own. This is indeed a usual claim. But given a reasonably good pre-made deck, I doubt it's universally true if you factor in the time it takes to make the cards. I'm learning Chinese vocabulary with a pre-made deck. I devote 20-30 minutes per day (have been doing so for a couple of years), introducing 8 new cards per day. My success rate is typically worse than for most people who make their own decks (floating around ~80% for mature cards) but I see clear and steady progress. If I wanted to create my own cards, I would probably need to slow the pace to around 2-3 cards per day tops (as deciding which cards to create and then creating them would take time which I wouldn't be able to spend studying), and they would have no audio, which the pre-made deck does and makes a difference.
- zetalyrae 4y ago
  I'd argue vocabulary is a special case. There's not that much going on. There really isn't a concept graph involved.

by _dain_ 4y ago

endisneigh 4y ago

you're talking about training on flashcards. I'm talking about making the flash cards. of course using other people's cards isn't going to work (as well) - you don't have any context around them.

Al-Khwarizmi 4y ago

It's well established in communities that use Anki a lot (like language learners) that someone else's pre-made decks aren't as effective as making your own. This is indeed a usual claim. But given a reasonably good pre-made deck, I doubt it's universally true if you factor in the time it takes to make the cards. I'm learning Chinese vocabulary with a pre-made deck. I devote 20-30 minutes per day (have been doing so for a couple of years), introducing 8 new cards per day. My success rate is typically worse than for most people who make their own decks (floating around ~80% for mature cards) but I see clear and steady progress. If I wanted to create my own cards, I would probably need to slow the pace to around 2-3 cards per day tops (as deciding which cards to create and then creating them would take time which I wouldn't be able to spend studying), and they would have no audio, which the pre-made deck does and makes a difference.

zetalyrae 4y ago
I'd argue vocabulary is a special case. There's not that much going on. There really isn't a concept graph involved.