Re: [Memaid-users] Learning vs. Recalling

[Andreas G. <agr...@ya...>]

On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 02:44, David Calinski wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 of December 2003 22:19, Andreas Grau wrote:
> > (...)
> In MemAid there is (in theory) countless number of "levels". Level is just 
> "interval", isn't it?

Good point.

> In practice, current MemAid is limited to maximum granulation of 1 day.

Which is one of the deficits, memaid has in my eyes: When I have more
time than repetitions, I can not continue with memaid. To use my time, I
have to switch to new input, which is not bad in itself, but I would
rather prefer to have the choice.

> I see easy, though not ideal, solutions:
> 1. instead of making hundred of repetitions of one item in 1 day, you should 
> focus and make just one repetition, but carefully and try to make sure you 
> really remember it. (it is always the best policy anyway - don't make 
> careless, very fast repetitions. *Try* to really remember every item. Sacrife 
> this time - it really pays off better than many careless reviews.)

Again, memaid is trying to force me into a style of doing things, it
doesn't give me enough lee-way to learn how I want. I am not saying that
you are wrong, but this just isn't my style.

I would rather have the choice to either doing 1 carefull repetition or
100 careless ones. Or even both.

> There can be better solutions:

This is what I am aiming at. Pauker's concept of learning plus memaid's
support for recall would be a fine solution as well.


Best, Andreas