Mnemosyne will have save your progress, so no need to worry about that. Why would simply study until uptil 20 questions have been memorized require you to take notes? Mnemosyne will show the cards you have learned later.
kl. 17:54:24 UTC+1 onsdag 26. februar 2014 skrev [email protected] følgende: > > Okay! Thank you for your input. My problem now is that I've dumped all 200 > questions into the same database file. Is there any easy way to cut such a > thing into digestible chunks, per your recommendation? Or can I simply > study up until 20 questions have been memorized to a certain degree on the > 1-5 scale (say 3), and let the program do its work? (This latter option > would seem to necessitate some note taking on my part, which I'd rather > forgo). > > I have not closed it since I began studying hours ago, and I do not know, > as of yet, if Mnemosyne automatically has you pick up where you left off. > > - James > > On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:59:51 AM UTC-8, Peter Bienstman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I suggest you focus on a limited number of new cards per day (exact > number depends on how familiar you are with the material, your energy > level, the urgency with which you're trying to learn new material). In > normal circumstances, I would not go above 20 new cards per day. > > > > > > > > Apart from that, let Mnemosyne itself take care of the scheduling of the > cards that you learned. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [email protected] <javascript:> > > > [mailto:mnemosyne-<javascript:> > > > > > [email protected] <javascript:>] On Behalf Of > [email protected] <javascript:> > > > > > Sent: 26 February 2014 11:05 > > > > > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > > > > Subject: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Sensible chunks for memorization > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > So I'm studying for the USPTO Patent Registration Exam. This > particular test > > > > > used to be administered on a twice a year basis. Within all of these > previously > > > > > administered exams, which are routinely studied by applicants for the > exam, > > > > > there are a number of repeat questions, from test to test, that are > either > > > > > used verbatim, or slightly modified between tests. > > > > > > > > > > For a number of these exams ranging from the years 2000 to 20003, I > have at > > > > > my disposal about 200 questions that are confirmed as either repeat > > > > > questions, or modified repeat questions. I am fairly certain that this > > > > > constitutes the majority of the extant repeat questions, if not the > entirety of > > > > > them. In regards to them, the expert advice is basically to memorize > as many > > > > > repeat questions as possible, as a random subset of these will > typically > > > > > constitute up to 40% of the examination. > > > > > > > > > > I have punched all 200 of these questions into Mnemosyne. It took me > > > > > several hours of cutting and pasting, but the task is done. Now, I am > going > > > > > through the questions, and I am concerned about my plan, which is to go > > > > > through 50 questions at a time, which mimics the exact length of one > half of a > > > > > live exam. My thought was to do this for the next few days, either > once or > > > > > twice per day, and then simply repeat the cycle. > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone give me some guidance as to what might be most optimal here? > > > > > I'm not sure if my approach is really making good use of mnemosyne's > > > > > algorithm, nor am I sure if it is at all an ergonomic way of studying. > I had the > > > > > idea of cutting the chunks in half, and doing 25 questions at a time, > or even > > > > > less, but for an extended session (i.e. doing a set of 20 questions > for an hour > > > > > or more until all are memorized). The idea here would be to gain > mastery > > > > > with a more digestible portion of the questions before moving on to > study > > > > > the others. I suppose the other issue is that doing it this way, I > will only get > > > > > back to old questions after 10 days of not having seen them. That's > more > > > > > than enough time to forget. > > > > > > > > > > To put it simply, I am confused as to how best to use this program. > > > > > > > > > > Let me know what you think. > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > James D. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]<javascript:> > . > > > > > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj- > > > > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/3d7eef5f- > > > > > c0e2-4632-a61a-4d414cbe378b%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. 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