How to do free recall (AKA active recall) - Language learning demonstration

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• Title: How to do free recall (AKA active recall) - Language learning demonstration
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The technique:

1. Learn the material
2. Take a break (15 mins or so, point is to get mind off of material)
3. Write down everything you remember WITHOUT REFERENCE!!!! (10 mins or so)
4. Correct using the source, note what you missed, etc. (5 mins or less)
5. Break (few hours)
6. Repeat from 3

Highlights

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• so you might get confused between two characters if you’re learning chinese but the process of recalling that information helps you get less confused about them—Updated on 2024-03-15 14:38:15—Group:Public
  • Annotation: Free recall is a method of organizing information that would otherwise be unclear.
• recognizing something is not the same as being actually able to recall it and or even being able to apply it properly free recall is closer to the kind of practice the kind of skill that you’re trying to develop—Updated on 2024-03-15 14:40:03—Group:Public
  • Annotation: Beats familiarity since it requires recalling the knowledge, not recognizing it #to-process The technique:

1. Learn the material
2. Take a break (15 mins or so, point is to get mind off of material)
3. Write down everything you remember WITHOUT REFERENCE!!!! (10 mins or so)
4. Correct using the source, note what you missed, etc. (5 mins or less)
5. Break (few hours)
6. Repeat from 3

to-process

• so you might get confused between two characters if you’re learning chinese but the process of recalling that information helps you get less confused about them — Updated on 2024-03-15 14:38:15
  • Free recall is a method of organizing information that would otherwise be unclear.
• recognizing something is not the same as being actually able to recall it and or even being able to apply it properly free recall is closer to the kind of practice the kind of skill that you’re trying to develop — Updated on 2024-03-15 14:40:03
  • Beats familiarity since it requires recalling the knowledge, not recognizing it