On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Bill Price (formerly Notyourbroom) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello everyone, > > I was wondering if any of you are aware of any studies published in > academic journals which track the effectiveness of using spaced > repetition to memorize Chinese characters. I know that this is a > popular use of this sort of software- heck, on the Mnemosyne website > itself, nearly 30% of language-related cards are under the Chinese and > Japanese categories- but I have not yet found any published studies on > the subject. > > I'll likely write more about this in the future, but to give some > quick background: I'm a senior undergraduate studying Linguistics and > Cognitive Science at Cornell University, and for my thesis project, I > plan to do an experimental intervention which would seek to measure > any such effect. > > Any information would be appreciated :) > > Best, > Bill > > > Hey, I'm not aware of any studies on the subject, but if you're looking into kanji study, you should take a look at James Heisig's work, specifically Remembering the Kanji (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembering_the_Kanji) vol. 1 . While it only peripherally mentions flash cards in general, it might be relevant to your search. -- Jesse Weaver --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
