> Peter Bienstman: > > 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. > > I have several 'itching' questions. How many times on average should I > keep on grading any card 0 or 1 until I can finally grade it 2(and see > it next day respectively): 2-3-...or even10? Normally if I can recall > any card just one time and immediately hit '2' button I have about 10 > -30% retention next day. I'd like to be able to recall approximately > 70% of all new cards with my daily norm of 20-25 fresh cards. I can > relatively easy reach this aim if I start cramming (drilling) all > these new cards but the task is how to succeed in that without > cramming.
For learning new cards, what you call cramming is no problem, and actually the only way to learn them :-). I was only saying that cramming through 'learn ahead' is not recommended. > The second problem is how to organize counting of successful attempts. > With pen and paper? But I can't even print the due cards to flag my > results. Some other flashcard programs can do it automatically but > they don't have SRS. So, I am not sure when I should stop asking > myself, because I don’t remember the exact results (recalls and > failers) of each card during thе session. There is really no need to count the attempts. My advice is, don't overanalyse, just go with the flow, and after a while you'll get a feel for it all. 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=.
