I use Anki and my average is about 100 cards a day. However, I'm finding this to easy because many of the cards are simply a review for me. What is the best way to add more cards to study on the fly? So far I've been increasing the New Cards Per Day limit, but it sounds like this isn't a good idea because I might not want that many cards the next day. I could find myself inundated with flashcards if I miss a day.
So I click on a deck, and I see two buttons on the bottom. One says Study More and the other says Filter/Cram. What are the differences between these options and which one is best for me?
有り難うございます。
P.S. I just noticed that I can't see a preview of my post because the "Anki question?" dialog box seems to replace it.
TheVinster
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From: Illinois
Registered: 2009-07-15
Posts: 985
I've never used the Study More and Filter/Cram options so I can't speak for them in particular; however, I think you should just raise your new cards studied per day. It'll be a steady increase in daily reviews, not some monstrous tidal wave. Personally I go for 20 new cards a day and it seems to have averaged to 375-425 reviews a day. Keeping in mind this is a deck I've had for years I would definitely say it's acceptable for the amount of cards (8,000+).
Stansfield123
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From: Europe
Registered: 2011-04-17
Posts: 799
As always, preparation is the key to success (Confucius says? I think Confucius says. I could be wrong though.).
Mining your new cards from native material (and doing it smartly, by picking out only the most useful, interesting words, finding good example sentences for them - be it from a dictionary like Yahoo or your Core deck, if it's in there - and putting everything together in the best card format possible), will ensure that you're 1. never overwhelmed by reviews. 2. not just wasting your time reviewing things you already know.
SRS is meant to be used not for cramming large volumes of entirely foreign material whole sale, but for solidifying key, hand picked material you already understand. Reviews should be a part of the process, not the process. Adding cards you barely understand, that you need dozens of repetitions to learn, is a terrible way to use Anki, and is what leads to getting swamped with reviews. Adding hundreds of cards you already know, is just a pointless waste of time.
Reviewing nicely made up, simple but informative cards that you have put effort into selecting and polishing, on the other hand, is a pleasure.
Last edited by Stansfield123 (2013 March 31, 2:31 am)
