Hi All,
Has there been much discussion on RtK's "yes"/"no" rigidity? In Anki there is a difficulty scale that doesn't completely reset difficult cards to the first step. I started thinking about this more since the stories became available as "hints" with the latest site upgrade (i.e. seeing the stories while having the kanji be hidden).
In my case almost all characters I can't remember entirely, if I read my story I have no problem writing out the character. So... I seem to forget stories now and then, and hence the character that goes with it, but upon reading the stories I have no problem conjuring up the character. Should I count this as a "no" (fail) answer, or a "yes" (correct) answer?
My hope would be for something like a "hard" button that keeps the card in the same box, or sets it back one box earlier. I really hate getting a card in box 5 or 6 -almost- right and having to fail it.
Any thoughts?
K.
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Well one way to look at it is that this site is stricter than Anki and other SRS which use more finely grained answers. You either know the kanji or you don't. The story edit window is mainly to allow to adapt your story during reviews, and is meant to be used *after* you answered the card.
The kanji is now hidden by default by user requests, but it should still be used responsibly. If you are looking at the story; which contains the primitives; you are reading the recipe for writing the character. So in my opinion you are cheating yourself. For higher boxes the interval can be quite long (several weeks to months), so it's better to say No than Yes.
I don't have hard data but keep in mind that in Anki and other adaptive SRS I think unless you answer the maximum "yes" each time, it takes longer for a card to reach the same kind of interval than in Leitner with 5 reviews. In Leitner the intervals tend to spread out quickly after each succesful review. So I think on this site (using Leitner) it's best to be tough with yourself and say "No" unless you can write the kanji without looking at your story.
That's just my perspective though! Koohii SRS may change in the future. At the moment I think it is like your own personal little Heisig. It's good to tell you when your story is weak.
PS: Another way to answer your question, is that if we go from 3 buttons to 4, I may as well switch from Leitner to the "adaptive" SRS logic. I am not planning on doing this at this time.
