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Spaced Repetition. How to remember what you learn.

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Spaced Repetition

How to remember what you learn

Reviewing material at widening intervals so it is not forgotten.

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Review a fact after 1 day, then 3 days, then 7, then 21. Each review resets the curve of forgetting. You study less per session but remember more over a year. Cramming puts information into short-term memory. Spacing puts it into long-term memory. They look the same for a week. After a month, the difference is large.

  • Hermann Ebbinghaus discovered the forgetting curve in 1885. Without review, you forget about 70% within 24 hours.
  • Free apps like Anki use spaced repetition automatically. You add the content. The app schedules the reviews.
SourceEbbinghaus, Memory (1885)
Cepeda et al
(2006), spacing effect meta-analysis

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