How to accommodate irregular study schedule
I'm a new user to Anki, and have previously been using "old fashioned" flash cards to practice language vocabulary. I study on my own (not part of a course), and thus the time I have to dedicate to study varies greatly. Sometimes I'll go several days without any time to dedicate to study, some days I may have only 15 minutes to study, and some days I may have 3-4 hours I can dedicate.
How can I make Anki best work for me in this situation?
I can imagine simply opening up all the limits (daily new cards, daily review cards) to the maximum (I think 1,000), and then just spend whatever time I have on cards, and not worry if I don't finish my queue for the day.
My primary concerns (although there may be others I haven't considered) are:
- I want to maximize my 'bandwidth' on days when I have plenty of time to study. I don't want to finish my cards in 20 minutes, then spend the next 3 hours playing Plants vs. Zombies, simply because Anki says I should wait 24 hours...
- I don't want to make retention more difficult by reviewing cards too quickly, then forgetting the material 2 days later. But my understanding of the scheduling algorithm suggests this shouldn't be a serious problem anyway...
Aside from the drawbacks inherent in irregular study, are there any drawbacks to this method? Are there other suggestions which might work better for me?
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1 Posted by Vit on 29 Dec, 2014 04:31 AM
I can imagine simply opening up all the limits (daily new cards, daily review cards) ....
I don't want to finish my cards .... and wait because Anki says I should wait 24 hours...
I don't want to make retention more difficult by reviewing cards too quickly,
But my understanding of the scheduling algorithm suggests this shouldn't be a serious problem anyway...
Aside from the drawbacks inherent in irregular study,
... are there any { other } drawbacks to this method { irregular reviews }?
Good luck.
Are there other suggestions ...?
System closed this discussion on 22 Feb, 2016 11:42 PM.