Hi, Don't worry too much :-) How many times you grade 0 has no effect on the later stages.
Good luck! Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:mnemosyne- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of mason > Sent: 05 February 2014 08:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mnemosyne-proj-users] questions on using Mnemosyne for > preliminary learning > > Hello, I am new to this program. Thanks for the help. > > I am concerned the way I am using this program for initially learning foreign > vocabulary may cause mistakes in the algorithm and cause undue repetitions. > > I am using an accelerated German literacy text: German for Reading by > Sandberg and Wendel (1973). As an accelerated text, there are large > demands on quickly learning vocabulary. A chapter is composed of a lesson > and exercises, repeated several times. Before beginning the exercises, all > vocabulary in the preceding lesson should be memorized. > > I have been entering the new vocabulary the first time I am seeing these > words. That means I am scoring them 0 and 1 for 3-8 repetitions, before > scoring them a 2 through 4. Then I am doing the exercises in the text, before > coming back and repeating the whole thing over again. I am worried that > scoring them a card "0" eight times before I commit it to memory will cause a > lot of repetitions in the short term that may not be necessary. > > When going through a new group of cards...should I use the "cramming" > plugin, or use another plugin? Or is the algorithm built for this type of use? > > Thanks for the assistance. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj- > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/bc4f3e8c-c5e6- > 4646-9f12-a54d91799601%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/005001cf2266%24e8b0c060%24ba124120%24%40UGent.be. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
