Using Anki to remember what you read

Re:Using Anki to remember what you read by abdullahkhalids on Thursday March 05, 2020 @09:10AM (#22493594)

Anki has two benefits: memorization and understanding. Memorization is what comes from going over the cards, which is what you allude to. Understanding comes from the process of creating the cards, where you think hard about the atoms of information in the text, and their interrelationships, and cast them into simple questions. Then memorization gives you a much deeper understanding than if you hadn't ankied the text.

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Re:Using Anki to remember what you read by kd5bjo on Thursday March 05, 2020 @09:19AM (#22493658)

I concur, what you describe is a very effective use of spaced repetition. It is different from what ‘ProstetnicJeltz described, where cards should take less than a minute to write — that describes memorization without first putting in the effort to understand.

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Re:Using Anki to remember what you read by kiba on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:47AM (#22494518)

Writing the information should take less than a minute once you formulated what you want to write. Learning takes more time.

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