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Re:FSRS: A modern, efficient spaced repetition algorithm by fudged71 on Monday January 15, 2024 @02:37PM (#39005118)
Love this idea!

Does Anki or any of its plugins support creating a difficulty progression when creating cards?

ie. half-word cloze, then full-word, then multiple choice, then q&a, etc.

I’m not sure how this would work in practice. Like would the next difficulty card be added to the deck once the easier card has reached a threshold?

Re:FSRS: A modern, efficient spaced repetition algorithm by cdwhite on Monday January 15, 2024 @09:28PM (#39008696)
In relatively recent versions of Anki, you can create nested Cloze deletions: "{{c3::{{c1::foo}}{{c2::bar}}}}" will show you cards "[...]bar", "foo[...]", and "[...]", in that order, all with answers "foobar".

As for multiple choice and q&a---my practice is to make both Cloze and basic cards for, well, most things---Cloze are good for the early steps and for seeing how different pieces fit together, but basic cards are more demanding, and without them I don't quite feel like I've learned a thing.

(FWIW my primary use is physics & the mathematics behind it, not language learning.)