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On this page, I want to keep a list of experiments that I have tried or am currently trying with Anki. These experiments aren't formal (I don't do any rigorous data collection or blinding or randomizing or anything like that); instead, they're just ideas I have or read about and decided was worth trying for a while to see whether it worked.
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On this page, I want to keep a list of experiments that I have tried or am currently trying with [[Anki]]. These experiments aren't formal (I don't do any rigorous data collection or blinding or randomizing or anything like that); instead, they're just ideas I have or read about and decided was worth trying for a while to see whether it worked.
  
 
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| Writing down answers on a piece of paper || For certain cards like kanji or math formulas, write down the answer on a piece of paper and then compare with the back side, rather than mentally trying to diff what you thought with what's on the back side. || I like doing this and continue to do it. It allows your cards to be slightly [[Big card|bigger]] than would be otherwise, which I think is a good thing. If I don't have a piece of paper, I can always bury the card.
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| circling things on paper to flag things that need to be fixed || [https://github.com/riceissa/issarice.com/blob/master/drafts/spaced-repetition.md#flagging-things-to-fix-during-review] ||
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| Linked list to remember lists (e.g. [[linked list proof card]]) || e.g. to memorize A, B, C, you have the cards (blank)->A, A->B, then B->C, and maybe also a card that asks the length of the list. ||
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| Cumulative prompts to remember lists || e.g. to memorize A, B, C, you have the cards (blank)->A, A->B, (A,B)->C. || I didn't end up liking this style of card for proofs in math, but I know some people who do it extensively (e.g. [[Paul Raymond-Robichaud]]).
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| [[Central node trick for remembering equivalent properties]] ||
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| [[Permutation trick]] || ||
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| Full [[proof card]]s || The front side is a theorem statement or exercise description, and the back side is the full proof or exercise solution. ||
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| [[Incremental reading in Anki|Poor man's incremental reading]] || ||
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| Adding not-fully-digested quotes or online comments || ||
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| Cloze deletion for quotes/definitions || ||
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| burying cards to speed up review || [https://github.com/riceissa/issarice.com/blob/master/drafts/spaced-repetition.md#burying-cards-to-speed-up-review-technique-for-avoiding-accumulation-of-reviews] ||
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| repositioning non-cloze cards periodically so they get processed sooner || [https://github.com/riceissa/issarice.com/blob/master/drafts/spaced-repetition.md#repositioning-non-cloze-cards-periodically-so-they-get-processed-sooner] || I eventually moved away from cloze cards in general.
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| Orphan cards as alarm clocks || [https://github.com/riceissa/issarice.com/blob/master/drafts/spaced-repetition.md#in-praise-of-orphan-cards] ||
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| mixing in reviews during the day rather than doing all reviews at night || || still haven't really tried this; I do my reviews before going to sleep
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| entering in cards for some definitions/theorems in a single card, and for some as multiple cards, and seeing which are more fun to review/result in remembering things better || || i now think it's best to have both; the holistic ones can go in the proofs deck with other [[big card]]s while the smaller cards can be kept in normal decks
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| [[One-sentence summary card]] ||
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| [[Reverse side card for everything]]
 
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==See also==
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* [[Iteration cadence for spaced repetition experiments]]
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* [[Spaced repetition allows graceful deprecation of experiments]]
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* [[Anki deck philosophy]]
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[[Category:Spaced repetition]]
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[[Category:Anki]]

Latest revision as of 01:46, 16 July 2021

On this page, I want to keep a list of experiments that I have tried or am currently trying with Anki. These experiments aren't formal (I don't do any rigorous data collection or blinding or randomizing or anything like that); instead, they're just ideas I have or read about and decided was worth trying for a while to see whether it worked.

Name Description Result
Writing down answers on a piece of paper For certain cards like kanji or math formulas, write down the answer on a piece of paper and then compare with the back side, rather than mentally trying to diff what you thought with what's on the back side. I like doing this and continue to do it. It allows your cards to be slightly bigger than would be otherwise, which I think is a good thing. If I don't have a piece of paper, I can always bury the card.
circling things on paper to flag things that need to be fixed [1]
Linked list to remember lists (e.g. linked list proof card) e.g. to memorize A, B, C, you have the cards (blank)->A, A->B, then B->C, and maybe also a card that asks the length of the list.
Cumulative prompts to remember lists e.g. to memorize A, B, C, you have the cards (blank)->A, A->B, (A,B)->C. I didn't end up liking this style of card for proofs in math, but I know some people who do it extensively (e.g. Paul Raymond-Robichaud).
Central node trick for remembering equivalent properties
Permutation trick
Full proof cards The front side is a theorem statement or exercise description, and the back side is the full proof or exercise solution.
Poor man's incremental reading
Adding not-fully-digested quotes or online comments
Cloze deletion for quotes/definitions
burying cards to speed up review [2]
repositioning non-cloze cards periodically so they get processed sooner [3] I eventually moved away from cloze cards in general.
Orphan cards as alarm clocks [4]
mixing in reviews during the day rather than doing all reviews at night still haven't really tried this; I do my reviews before going to sleep
entering in cards for some definitions/theorems in a single card, and for some as multiple cards, and seeing which are more fun to review/result in remembering things better i now think it's best to have both; the holistic ones can go in the proofs deck with other big cards while the smaller cards can be kept in normal decks
One-sentence summary card
Reverse side card for everything

See also