On Jun 10, 1:44 pm, Brainious <[email protected]> wrote: > Would you mind explaining your idesa on this example?
I think I can provide another kind of example. I'm learning the Chinese radicals (a finite set of graphic elements that combine to constitute the practically infinite set of Chinese characters), several of which are similar-looking and thus easy to confuse. So I wanted to make cards to practice distinguishing similar radicals, such as: prompt: [力, 刀] response: [lì (strength), dāo (knife)] But with that card alone, I'll soon memorize just saying to myself, "strength, knife," without even looking at which radical shape is which. However, I added a second card, with the two radicals reversed: prompt: [刀, 力] response: [dāo (knife), lì (strength)] Now, whichever card I see, I am forced to pay attention to the differences between the two radicals' shapes in order to come up with the right answer. This can be extended to cards containing more than two radicals to distinguish, by adding enough cards with different permutations of the orders, e.g., [米, 禾, 木, 釆], [木, 釆, 禾, 米], and [釆, 禾, 米, 木]. You don't need a card for every possible permutation of your information, just enough so that you force yourself to memorize the information itself, rather than simply recognizing the card and answering reflexively without thinking. I also have cards testing each of the individual radicals alone. It may seem like a lot more work to have multiple cards for each piece of info, but beyond the fact that it solidifies my real-world recall when away from the computer (because the info is not tied exclusively to a single context), it also actually saves Mnemosyne-time because over the long run it keeps me from making the same errors over and over again. -- 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.
