I did made hundreds of Anki cards on that basis with 2 to 3 answers and my conclusion is that it’s a bad idea. Given “what fires together wires together” cards like that seem to create links between the question and the wrong answers.
There’s also a risk that you become dependent on being able to look for the answer visually rather than being able to fish it out of year head; in most real-world cases, it’s the latter skill you need.
Yes, depending on how you need the knowledge that’s an issue. But it’s an issue that I would expect most smart people to be conscious of when they make the decision to make cards like this.
The effect I mentioned isn’t easily anticipated and it took me a lot of empirical study to find that it’s there.
There’s also a risk that you become dependent on being able to look for the answer visually rather than being able to fish it out of year head; in most real-world cases, it’s the latter skill you need.
Yes, depending on how you need the knowledge that’s an issue. But it’s an issue that I would expect most smart people to be conscious of when they make the decision to make cards like this.
The effect I mentioned isn’t easily anticipated and it took me a lot of empirical study to find that it’s there.