Practice: Spaced Repetition
If you try and learn everything you need to know in one study session, then the effects of the forgetting curve will cause you to forget most of that information quickly. Instead, what you can do is space out the information you need to learn over time. Reviewing the information over a period of days or weeks allows the brain to form and strengthen connections so that the forgetting curve becomes less steep.
The best way to do spaced repetition these days is with software. Some of the best apps for this are Anki, Brainscape, and Quizlet. Check them out!
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Spaced repetition
Spaced repetition describes the idea of reviewing new concepts at intervals that get spaced further and further apart.
For example, learning a concept in the morning, reviewing it 8 hours later, then recheck the next day. Reviews then get spaced out 3-4 days, then a week, a month, then a...
Spaced Repetition Learning Systems
Spaced Repetition Time Intervals can be practiced using:
- The Analog spaced Repetition System: Making flashcards or 'boxes' of study material to review daily, weekly or bi-weekly.
- The Digital Method: Use an App like Anki, or SuperMemo.
9. Revise regularly
What we do not go back to we forget. The Forgetting Curve shows that you as a learner will forget an average of 90% percent of what you learn within the first month.
So, it is critical to build a revision schedule into...
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