I am a homeschool mom of my children and my brother’s children. I have one 2nd grader, 3 1st graders, 1 3 yr old and a 7 month old baby. I started the older four on Homeschool Advantage. It uses active recall and spaced repetition to help them learn facts from Geography, History, Math, Spanish, Spelling, Science and Social Studies. We love it! I got to researching the science behind active recall and spaced repetition and stumbled on Right Brain Kids. Then I looked at Doman and Shichida and well here I am.
I have started making slideshows for the children. They are enjoying them. I have about 20 weeks worth of ideas. Since I see so much about retiring old cards, does anyone used spaced repetition with their flash cards? If so, what kind of schedule do you use? And how do you stay organized with the slideshows?
We use www.homeschooladvantage.com My kids are very skilled with the computer so they answer multiple choice, fill in the blank, true/false about all the different subjects. The program repeats the facts at certain intervals with increasing distance to help retain the knowledge.
This is the first week we’ve done flash cards. I am trying to figure out how to keep old flashcards fresh with spaced repetition.
Hi, I’m a 24-year old autodidact (I enjoy learning, that’s my hobby), and I have a Google Alert set for “Spaced Repetition.” I saw a link to this forum, and here I am. I have been using a program called “Supermemo” for the past five years to learn just about anything I want to learn (Languages, politics, science, etc.). I have no hope of public schools ever adopting graduated interval recall (Spaced repetition) due to the sheer corruption of human institutions. Thus, I believe the only way a great system of study and recall can be achieved is by oneself (Or in small groups). I was homeschooled at the beginning of high school, and that was what helped to launch my career in self-discipline and learning. Flashcards can no doubt be implemented in a homeschool setting, but since I have no children (I’m not even married), I can’t be of any assistance with that. What I can say is this: Spaced Repetition works, and I will continue to use it forever.
Here are a few links: http://www.supermemo.com/ - Supermemo’s main site (Not pretty to look at, but contains a great deal of valuable information on learning and recall)
Posted earlier- You might find this useful and it’s free. You can change fonts, size, amend colours, add sound/video and use images on your cards. The cards are presented in random order and you decide how frequently they are reviewed. How it works - Flash cards are presented to you one at a time. Every time one is presented, you choose a score that indicates how well you know it. The score you choose automatically schedules the flash card’s next review.
Hi there. Which version of SuperMemo do you use? I am trying Anki, because it properly displays Arabic text and I can adjust the font size independently of the English translation.
SM seems very difficult to set up and use - so your post intrigued me. I wish I could set up a flashcard word listing on the Doman method schedule for learning it, and then for maintaining it, use SRS. How would I do that in SM, please?
And before I invest in purchasing SM2008, do you know if this font would display correctly in the program? And can I adjust the Arabic font size independently of the English translation font size; (make Arabic text larger than English text)?:
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