Spaced repetition
Reviews spread over time beat the same amount of study crammed together. Each review is best timed just as the memory begins to fade.
Key ideas
- Forgetting is not failure; a little forgetting makes the next review more effective.
- Intervals should grow: one day, three days, a week, a month.
- Mastery reviews stay short because the schedule does the heavy lifting.
Step by step
- 1
Capture what you must keep as short question-and-answer cards.
- 2
Review new cards the next day.
- 3
Push intervals out when you recall easily and pull them in when you struggle.
- 4
Protect a few minutes daily rather than one long weekly block.
Example
A language learner reviews forty cards in twelve minutes each morning. Ruqelo's Review module schedules each card so she sees it just before she would forget it.
Your drill
Create fifteen cards from today's material. Review them tomorrow, in three days and in a week, and record your accuracy each time.
Common mistakes
- Cramming everything the night before.
- Adding far more new cards than you can review daily.
Check yourself
What should happen to the review interval after an easy, correct recall?
Show the answer
It should grow, so the next review happens later.
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