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jettyke wrote:
Usually I'm so busy with typing powerpoint sentences to anki, that I hear like 10% of the lecture :s
And why don't you just record the lecture to listen to it later in the day? You could also hook up a USB web cam, and record the lecture. This will lessen the stress you are having right now, by trying to work on one thing, while having to concentrate on the other, so you don't miss something important the lecturer says. 
Nagareboshi wrote:
jettyke wrote:
Usually I'm so busy with typing powerpoint sentences to anki, that I hear like 10% of the lecture :s
And why don't you just record the lecture to listen to it later in the day? You could also hook up a USB web cam, and record the lecture. This will lessen the stress you are having right now, by trying to work on one thing, while having to concentrate on the other, so you don't miss something important the lecturer says.
Sadly I don't have enough free time to relisten, but at least I discovered some shortcuts today
This thread is great.
After starting school recently I have made it a routine to input everything into Anki. Usually one or two days after having class I simply take the material presented in the last class and the information still floating in my head and create cards. I do this for every subject. From maths to languages.
For maths I usually write down the derivation steps for certain kinds of problems. They could be the derivation steps required to multiply two fractions (very simple stuff, I know, but bare with me). They might look like this:
1. Factorize all nominators and denominators
2. Reduce the fractions
3. Multiply nominator by nominator
4. Multiply denominator by denominator
For these steps there will be three sets of cards:
- The first set of cards uses cloze deletions for each step. For example, blanking out the text after "1. ". Do this for every step.
- The second set of cards uses questions like "what step comes after step "Factorize all nominators and denominators"?
- The third set of cards uses questions like "what step comes _before_ step "Multiply denominator by denominator"?
No idea if this is the right approach or not. I'd love to hear any feedback on this. What I can say though is that I am like a machine when solving math exercises, they are all so easy if you actually bother to learn the rules! Two additional notes on the derivation rules cards:
1. Step 2 of the above example consists of derivation steps in itself, so basically, when thinking about Step 2 my mind automatically expands the derivation steps of "reducing fractions".
2. Learning these derivation steps have made it easier to learn material that builds upon the existing one. For example, after learning fractions the linear equations came. While others were trying to remember the rules of specific things to solve the equation I simply went on without problems. Like a machine.
No exams so far though, so can't really comment on the effectivness
Changing the subject a bit, I would love to hear your thoughts on the following questions:
- How do you use cloze deletions with LaTeX in Anki?
- How much time do you usually spend answering cards?
- Do you solve/answer questions, e.g. in maths, by solving the problem on a separate sheet of paper or just in your head?
- How many concrete exercises (as opposed to abstract rules, e.g. equations) do you put into Anki in maths or other subjects? Does learning maths simply end up as solving exercices?
EDIT:
Also, does anyone know how to prevent Anki from clearing all fields after adding a card?
Last edited by Echizen (2011 November 25, 4:05 pm)
