http://homeworkhelpblog.com/how-to-memorize-a-ton-of-information-for-an-exam/ Tips that A+ students use to get ahead... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:53:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://homeworkhelpblog.com/how-to-memorize-a-ton-of-information-for-an-exam/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Christian Stapfer Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:03:22 +0000 http://homeworkhelpblog.com/?p=288#comment-172 Will it be useful in education? - I, personally, like to think it will. However, my experience is that my students don't like the "expanded retrieval practice" (Bjork, 1988) approach very much. Maybe it seems a little too mechanical to them. So the typical reaction of my students (=tutees) is great enthusiasm initially, and then a rather rapid (and, to me, quite astonishing) cooling down of that very enthusiasm. Also, unless a student has a smartphone and does not mind the cost of accessing the internet very often, having questions and answers printed on small cards seems more useful to me than having them on the internet. I have made repeated attempts at building a database of suitable flashcards for my students, but have now almost (not quite, but almost) abandoned the idea for lack of interest (though they can get the cards for free: either print them out themselves or have me print them out for them). Right now I have a little over 200 such cards. But, I do think that the ones I have already got in my database look kind of nice (I make them with pdftex and metapost: the documents for printout of these flashcards are generated dynamically from latex/metapost code stored in the database, which gives 10 cards per page A4, double-sided, of course). Will it be useful in education? – I, personally, like to think it will. However, my experience is that my students don’t like the “expanded retrieval practice” (Bjork, 1988) approach very much. Maybe it seems a little too mechanical to them. So the typical reaction of my students (=tutees) is great enthusiasm initially, and then a rather rapid (and, to me, quite astonishing) cooling down of that very enthusiasm.
Also, unless a student has a smartphone and does not mind the cost of accessing the internet very often, having questions and answers printed on small cards seems more useful to me than having them on the internet.
I have made repeated attempts at building a database of suitable flashcards for my students, but have now almost (not quite, but almost) abandoned the idea for lack of interest (though they can get the cards for free: either print them out themselves or have me print them out for them). Right now I have a little over 200 such cards. But, I do think that the ones I have already got in my database look kind of nice (I make them with pdftex and metapost: the documents for printout of these flashcards are generated dynamically from latex/metapost code stored in the database, which gives 10 cards per page A4, double-sided, of course).

]]> http://homeworkhelpblog.com/how-to-memorize-a-ton-of-information-for-an-exam/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Georgios Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:52:34 +0000 http://homeworkhelpblog.com/?p=288#comment-160 Hi there, Glad you brought this one up! I've been using SuperMemo for years and it is essential for anyone who is serious about learning. I use it in all my studies, and with my students as well. Hi there,
Glad you brought this one up! I’ve been using SuperMemo for years and it is essential for anyone who is serious about learning. I use it in all my studies, and with my students as well.

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