On Tuesday 17 November 2009 01:40:26 pm Dougie Nisbet wrote: > Peter Bienstman wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 November 2009 11:46:49 am Dougie Nisbet wrote: > >> The material isn't 'already memorised' though as I've yet to learn it. > >> (the example is visual botantical idents using jpegs). I'm sure there > >> are many opinions and much research about the best way to learn in the > >> first place, and I'd be interested to know what's recommended, but for > >> me I found using the 'Drill' feature of Supermemo a reasonably > >> stress-free way of learning things. > > > > I'm not sure what this 'drill' function does, but to learn new material, > > I use the grades 0 and 1. Mnemosyne will keep presenting me that stuff > > until I'm confident enough that I grade it a 2. > > The 'drill' function in Supermemo simply prompts for Yes or No and > repeats all questions until all have been correctly. So 'Learning Ahead > of Schedule' sounds exactly what I want.
Again, if this is for memorising new material/rememorising failed material, it's grades 0 and 1 you want if you want to emulate 'drill', not learning ahead. I would not overuse 'learn ahead', it has a risk of messing up your scheduling if you do so. Cheers, Peter -- 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=.
