Comments for Study Shack http://study-shack.com Efficient Studying Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on General Chemistry: Using LaTeX to Make Effective Cards by Jonathan http://study-shack.com/general-chemistry-latex/comment-page-1#comment-18762 Jonathan Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:34:18 +0000 http://study-shack.com/general-chemistry-latex#comment-18762 That is such a cool site! Thank you for pointing it out. In my experience, the number of actual LaTeX commands used when making General Chemistry cards is pretty minimal. I do recommend learning them (maybe through Anki?) After some time I became pretty fast at just typing it in myself. That is such a cool site! Thank you for pointing it out.

In my experience, the number of actual LaTeX commands used when making General Chemistry cards is pretty minimal. I do recommend learning them (maybe through Anki?) After some time I became pretty fast at just typing it in myself.

]]> Comment on Creating Cards: Card Models for All Classes by Jonathan http://study-shack.com/creating-cards-models-for-all-classes/comment-page-1#comment-18761 Jonathan Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:31:40 +0000 http://study-shack.com/creating-cards-models-for-all-classes#comment-18761 Lists are one of the more challenging things to learn. Supermemo admonishes them, though given the nature of some material I don't see a way around it. If I just have a list of qualities to learn, without more information for those qualities, what should I do? If I need to make 300 cards in one day for a class, I am unlikely to go digging deeper for each item in the list. Lists are especially useful for memorizing steps of information. I once used list cards to memorize a 20+ step process. It took a few days, I did get it though. Lists are dangerous though. I use them as a last resort because if they're too vague or you don't understand it enough before putting it in an Anki card, it will probably not work. I went through a period earlier this year where I used list cards as a crutch and I struggled to learn the information. Lesson learned! Lists are one of the more challenging things to learn. Supermemo admonishes them, though given the nature of some material I don’t see a way around it. If I just have a list of qualities to learn, without more information for those qualities, what should I do? If I need to make 300 cards in one day for a class, I am unlikely to go digging deeper for each item in the list.

Lists are especially useful for memorizing steps of information. I once used list cards to memorize a 20+ step process. It took a few days, I did get it though.

Lists are dangerous though. I use them as a last resort because if they’re too vague or you don’t understand it enough before putting it in an Anki card, it will probably not work. I went through a period earlier this year where I used list cards as a crutch and I struggled to learn the information. Lesson learned!

]]> Comment on General Chemistry: Using LaTeX to Make Effective Cards by Price http://study-shack.com/general-chemistry-latex/comment-page-1#comment-18758 Price Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:28:17 +0000 http://study-shack.com/general-chemistry-latex#comment-18758 You can use http://detexify.kirelabs.org if you are looking for a symbol. Simply draw the symbol you are looking for in the empty space and it will present you with commands that match your drawing. That site has been very useful. You can use http://detexify.kirelabs.org if you are looking for a symbol. Simply draw the symbol you are looking for in the empty space and it will present you with commands that match your drawing. That site has been very useful.

]]> Comment on Creating Cards: Card Models for All Classes by Price http://study-shack.com/creating-cards-models-for-all-classes/comment-page-1#comment-18757 Price Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:11:31 +0000 http://study-shack.com/creating-cards-models-for-all-classes#comment-18757 Great post. It is interesting to see that you find learning lists to be easy. According to this site, sets / enumerations should be avoided whenever possible: http://supermemo.com/articles/20rules.htm Also if you are using Windows 7 the snipping tool might be helpful. It can be used to make screenshots of parts of your screen plus to mark out words :) Great post.

It is interesting to see that you find learning lists to be easy. According to this site, sets / enumerations should be avoided whenever possible:

http://supermemo.com/articles/20rules.htm

Also if you are using Windows 7 the snipping tool might be helpful. It can be used to make screenshots of parts of your screen plus to mark out words :)

]]> Comment on Introduction by Price http://study-shack.com/introduction/comment-page-1#comment-18756 Price Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:47:12 +0000 http://study-shack.com/?p=20#comment-18756 What grades did you get after starting to use SRS? :) What grades did you get after starting to use SRS? :)

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