Re:I No Longer Tell My Friends about Anki/SuperMemo
by dragonwriter on Sunday November 01, 2020 @04:31AM
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> As for SR itself... for decades we've had some of the smartest people (and perhaps even some of the best educators) like Richard Feynman decry rote memorization in the classroom
At the same time, learning in most areas requires some memorization. Even if, in terms of knowledge skills, SR only helps directly with the memorization component, there's considerable empirical evidence that it does make that more time efficient. Using it to structure that part of learning allows you, all other things being equal, to reduce the proportion of learning time devoted to memorization.
> SR takes the worst 8th grade history class you ever had and doubles down on it.
Well, SRS maybe. Having first learned about SR in ballroom dance teacher training as a tool for structuring both curriculum for in-person instruction and personal practice, I disagree.
The common usage pattern for spaced repetition software may do that, but spaced repetition is more than just that.
At the same time, learning in most areas requires some memorization. Even if, in terms of knowledge skills, SR only helps directly with the memorization component, there's considerable empirical evidence that it does make that more time efficient. Using it to structure that part of learning allows you, all other things being equal, to reduce the proportion of learning time devoted to memorization.
> SR takes the worst 8th grade history class you ever had and doubles down on it.
Well, SRS maybe. Having first learned about SR in ballroom dance teacher training as a tool for structuring both curriculum for in-person instruction and personal practice, I disagree.
The common usage pattern for spaced repetition software may do that, but spaced repetition is more than just that.