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Interesting, because the creator of Supermemo wrote that Spaced Repetition doesn't work on children because their brain re-arranges and repurposes structures fa

Interesting, because the creator of Supermemo wrote that Spaced Repetition doesn't work on children because their brain re-arranges and repurposes structures far too much, making children's forgetting curve far too unpredictable, or at least different from adults. https://supermemo.guru/wiki/SuperMemo_does_not_work_for_kids https://supermemo.guru/wiki/SuperMemo_does_not_work_for_kids Spaced repetition flaschard software is all about scheduling the flashcards around predictions of your forgetting curve, and Anki and Supermemo are designed for the forgetting curves of adults.

sivers 3y ago
It's not perfect, but it's better than not doing it. He enjoys it.
- samus 3y ago
  That is important. SRS doesn't work for many people because, in short, they don't really enjoy it.
  - anthonypz 3y ago
    When I start to dislike opening up Anki, it’s usually because my cards are too complex and take too much time to memorize. Creating multiple cards with single cloze words makes the process much more enjoyable. Anki has helped me so much with memorizing programming language syntax for example.
    - rofrol 3y ago
      Can you share some deck?
  - eduFreedom 3y ago
    Exactly, and that lack of enjoyment comes from the learning content in their SRS app rather than the SRS itself.
- crimsontech 3y ago
  I showed my son Anki when I was using it to memorise things for an exam I had to do. He has been using it very successfully to memorise things too.
appplication 3y ago
I think sometimes statements like this probably apply in aggregate, as in you can’t safely say they work in the general case due to too much response variance. But it’s not unrealistic to think it works well for some.
cratermoon 3y ago
I'm not certain that the research on forgetting curves has nailed down the timelines well. I know the Supermemo creator thinks his algorithm is best, but I suspect there's a lot of wiggle room and individual differences. Who besides Ebbinghaus has published rigorously on it?

sivers 3y ago

It's not perfect, but it's better than not doing it. He enjoys it.

samus 3y ago
That is important. SRS doesn't work for many people because, in short, they don't really enjoy it.
- anthonypz 3y ago
  When I start to dislike opening up Anki, it’s usually because my cards are too complex and take too much time to memorize. Creating multiple cards with single cloze words makes the process much more enjoyable. Anki has helped me so much with memorizing programming language syntax for example.
  - rofrol 3y ago
    Can you share some deck?
- eduFreedom 3y ago
  Exactly, and that lack of enjoyment comes from the learning content in their SRS app rather than the SRS itself.
crimsontech 3y ago
I showed my son Anki when I was using it to memorise things for an exam I had to do. He has been using it very successfully to memorise things too.

appplication 3y ago

I think sometimes statements like this probably apply in aggregate, as in you can’t safely say they work in the general case due to too much response variance. But it’s not unrealistic to think it works well for some.

cratermoon 3y ago

I'm not certain that the research on forgetting curves has nailed down the timelines well. I know the Supermemo creator thinks his algorithm is best, but I suspect there's a lot of wiggle room and individual differences. Who besides Ebbinghaus has published rigorously on it?