April 3, 2012
Spaced repetition is a method that can help you plateau out the downward curve of your forgetfulness and help you memorize large amounts of data. It is an accelerated learning technique. This article is about improving your learning with two digital tools and the method of spaced repetition.
September 1, 2011
Alfa November Kilo India. That’s how you spell “Anki” according to the NATO phonetic alphabet. And no, I didn’t need Wikipedia to come up with that. I just know the phonetic alphabet now. And I can also phonetically read many words in Russian, when a month ago I couldn’t. This is all thanks to AnkiDroid, a free Android application for learning things using flash cards.
May 24, 2011
The popular implementation of the “learning by repeating” method is flashcards usage. Thanks to the power of technology, flashcard learning is not limited to physical cards anymore. It has been adapted as countless web and desktop applications. One of those web flashcard services is Brainscape. This one is unique because it has a different method of utilizing and presenting the cards.
April 21, 2011
Anyone who has learned a foreign language knows just how useful flashcards can be. So it’s easy to see that having flashcards on your smartphone is a fantastic idea. Today we’ll take a look at some of the better Android flashcard applications which teachers could recommend to students for studying flashcards in their classes.
November 1, 2010
Got some free time? Why not immerse yourself in a new subject or perfect your knowledge of, say, the Spanish language? MakeUseOf has rounded up several educational sites, like MIT and Yale‘s OpenCourseWare sites, as well as Youtube channels for you to get started with a subject to learn. To learn most subjects, flashcards make [...]
May 31, 2010
It’s time once again for our featured Movers and Shakers post. Each week, we take one software category and list the top ten most downloaded free apps. This week we are looking at a CNet category entitled Student Tools. These are applications that students can take advantage of like note-taking applications and software that help [...]
February 26, 2010
Memory is the water that’s in the bucket of our brain. It doesn’t matter if the bucket is half full or it’s up to the brim, some of the water evaporates. So does memory because our brain can take only so much. When it comes to memory, the “˜R’ for “recollection” is always aided by [...]
February 24, 2010
In my college days, using flash cards to prepare for foreign language and other related exams were essential to my memorization process. In my day, you bought a pack of 3×5 cards and performed the labor of writing a question on one side of the card and the answer on the other side. Today, this [...]
February 1, 2010
As you might be aware, flashcards are a set of cards which generally have a question on one side and the answer on the reverse. You read the question, try to remember the answer and then flip sides to reveal the answer. Repeating the same process over and over again helps in memorizing. Flash cards [...]
November 3, 2009
While I’m writing this, I should actually be studying for my math exam tomorrow. Still, I wanted to tell you about how the internet can improve your study skills and help you out with your grades. Most people will advise you to power down your laptop while learning and burying it somewhere in your back [...]
