One of the core principles of learning is that good learning is deliberate practice. If you review a card to early and it’s easy to remember the card you are not getting your full deliberate practice and if Wozniak is right, that leads to worse learning.
There no evidence that reviewing cards before they are due does anything useful. A carrot doesn’t grow faster when you pull on it. Cramming before an exam produces memories that are gone after the exam.
If you want stronger memories, mnemonics is a valid tool. It’s also possible to get strong memories by making connection between concepts and use emotion.
I recently started to have cards that ask for IPA pronunciation of words (in X-Sampa). That provides more added knowledge than reviewing a card 3 times before it’s due.
One of the core principles of learning is that good learning is deliberate practice. If you review a card to early and it’s easy to remember the card you are not getting your full deliberate practice and if Wozniak is right, that leads to worse learning.
There no evidence that reviewing cards before they are due does anything useful. A carrot doesn’t grow faster when you pull on it. Cramming before an exam produces memories that are gone after the exam.
If you want stronger memories, mnemonics is a valid tool. It’s also possible to get strong memories by making connection between concepts and use emotion.
I recently started to have cards that ask for IPA pronunciation of words (in X-Sampa). That provides more added knowledge than reviewing a card 3 times before it’s due.