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Is it possible to review more often?

#1
Hey there, this is my first post so do be gentle! I have a kind of patchy knowledge of Kanji so decided to run through RTK1. I have gone through the first three lessons and love the way the site works. I would like to review my cards more often but none of my kanji have come up for review yet.

Is there a way to do this on the site?
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#2
This site uses a Leitner system to make use of the spacing effect to optimize memorization. There's no need to review more often; in the literature on spacing that's called overlearning, the reduction of which benefits your long-term retention of kanji/words/etc.

In short, just review the cards when they come up and move on till they reappear, which is in part based on how you graded their ease or difficulty. It seems counter-intuitive, but you'll get used to it and fall in love with whoever made your studying a million times more efficient.
Edited: 2011-06-17, 10:46 pm
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#3
Thanks very much for the help, I don't know if I underestimated my own ability or more likely the effectiveness of RevTK but I am doing pretty well with my first 100 kanji.,
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#4
If you really want to you can simply delete the cards and add them again and go through the blue pile. Deleting flashcards does not affect stories.

When you have 300-400 kanji and it becomes impractical to review them all everyday or even once a week, then let the SRS do its thing and focus on good stories that let you remember a kanji for several days or weeks.
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