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My biggest roadblock with using Anki is figuring out what exactly is worth typing up into a card, when the material isn't just unrelated discrete items (i.e. vo
by Squeezed 12y ago
My biggest roadblock with using Anki is figuring out what exactly is worth typing up into a card, when the material isn't just unrelated discrete items (i.e. vocabulary) that don't stick easily.
For example, in lectures I'm usually able to understand most of what is taught on that first exposure, but of course I don't have everything committed to long term memory right away. So, sometimes I'm tempted to write a lot of things down or type them up in Anki (which can get quite tedious).
However, in math for instance, you pretty much have to know the exact definitions of theorems to apply them in proofs. Thus you refer back to the textbook or lecture notes/video (if available) when applying a theorem in a problem, and soon you have that definition down cold in memory. Similarly, in courses or subjects where you need to do a lot of problem solving or application, you can look back at source material for concepts or definitions as needed (this itself is probably a form of spaced repetition). In cases where I wrote down detailed notes or entered them into Anki, I find that I probably recorded a lot more than I should have.
So how do you figure out what is worth (most efficient) entering into cards in that case?
- tedks 12y agoVirtually everything is worth entering into cards. Anki's interface is very tedious, but it's nearly always worth it. Looking back at source material is not a form of spaced repetition. By learning that you don't need to remember it, it's actually harmful for memorization. Trying to remember things without looking them up (really making an effort) is better and can be almost as good if you fit between the spaced repetition intervals, but you might as well systemitize it.