tag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:/discussions/suggestions/584-more-advanced-study-optionsThe Mental Faculty: Discussion 2011-01-28T09:42:15Ztag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/47613352011-01-16T17:31:48Z2011-01-16T17:31:50ZMore Advanced Study Options<div><p>Hi,<br>
I just purchased Mental Case for iPhone and Mac; I've been using
Flashcard Deluxe before (great little app, but tedious to make huge
sets with pictures).</p>
<p>I think Mental Case has great potential: The user interface and
the synchronization are awesome! However, I am missing settings
such as<br>
- Study Mode: Spaced Repetition, Leitner, Ordered, Random -
Subsettings Spaced Repetition: New Cards per "seating", "active
after X times right", "time interval after correct 1,2,3,4,5...
times" - Side to be shown first</p>
<p>I have noticed that I do very well with some settings, and
terrible with others; I think everyone learns differently, and
being able to customize the way my flashcards show, is very
important to me.</p>
<p>Hope this will be included in the 2.0 update! Cheers!</p></div>M_D_Kaisertag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/47613352011-01-16T17:49:47Z2011-01-16T17:49:47ZMore Advanced Study Options<div><p>Yes, all of those options are in version 2.0, but many of them
are also already available.</p>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Study Mode: Spaced Repetition, Leitner, Ordered, Random The
'Lesson' is Spaced Repetition. It uses an algorithm similar to one
of the early SuperMemo algorithms. See the Preferences for
intervals.<br>
Leitner is basically a poor man's spaced repetition. We are going
to add it, but it has no real advantages over what we have.<br>
Ordered is available when you choose 'View Notes in Case'.<br>
Random is available by choosing 'View Notes in Case Shuffled'</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Subsettings Spaced Repetition: New Cards per "seating", "active
after X times right", "time interval after correct 1,2,3,4,5...
times" There is no setting for new cards per seating, but on the
Mac you can just select a number of notes to study if that is what
you want. In that way, you can restrict the size of the
slideshow.<br>
The other settings seem to be against the whole idea behind spaced
repetition, which is that time intervals is determined to give
optimal memory retention for the time spent studying. If the user
is able to change these intervals, they are making it
suboptimal.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Side to be shown first Again, this is already there. You can
'View Notes in Case Reversed'. You need to make the notes or case
'reversible' for this to work.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p>Hope that helps.<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Drew</p></div>drewmccormack