What process do you use to review cards? Do you look at a prompt until you can say exactly what is on the card? Or if not verbatim what tolerance do you have for missing details/small mistakes?
Not verbatim. I mark the card ‘correct’ if I conjured the concept in the right way. If I was supposed to do a physics calculation, I don’t pass it if I could recite the answer, I pass it if I went through the correct reasoning steps. “Calculate the gravitational force of a .1kg apple on a 70kg person, when they’re 1m apart” → ”.1 * 70 * G / (1^2) = ?” is marked correct.
How do you find doing problems/exercises from these textbooks when you have prepared using Anki? And are you finding that earlier material seems obvious when reread?
Sorry if this is all coming across as critical and /or doubtful. I’ve tried to use Anki for theory before and dismally failed; the success you claim is very exciting and I’m trying to understand where I was going wrong.
So far I think I have focused too much on creating cards that can be memorised exactly (formulae and what-not), rather than having general concept cards that are used to develop fluency and familiarity (and later understanding), which sounds like what you are doing.
What process do you use to review cards? Do you look at a prompt until you can say exactly what is on the card? Or if not verbatim what tolerance do you have for missing details/small mistakes?
Not verbatim. I mark the card ‘correct’ if I conjured the concept in the right way. If I was supposed to do a physics calculation, I don’t pass it if I could recite the answer, I pass it if I went through the correct reasoning steps. “Calculate the gravitational force of a .1kg apple on a 70kg person, when they’re 1m apart” → ”.1 * 70 * G / (1^2) = ?” is marked correct.
How do you find doing problems/exercises from these textbooks when you have prepared using Anki? And are you finding that earlier material seems obvious when reread?
Sorry if this is all coming across as critical and /or doubtful. I’ve tried to use Anki for theory before and dismally failed; the success you claim is very exciting and I’m trying to understand where I was going wrong.
So far I think I have focused too much on creating cards that can be memorised exactly (formulae and what-not), rather than having general concept cards that are used to develop fluency and familiarity (and later understanding), which sounds like what you are doing.
I think I do find Anki’d subjects much easier when I go back to them, yes.
I think that’s probably it—focus on concepts. If you like, I’d be happy to take a look at a deck you make / otherwise give feedback!