Over the last 2.5 years, I’ve read a lot of math textbooks. Not using Anki / spaced repetition systems over that time has been an enormous mistake. My factual recall seems worse-than-average among my peers, but when supplemented with Anki, it’s far better than average (hence, I was able to learn 2000+ Japanese characters in 90 days, in college).
I considered using Anki for math in early 2018, but I dismissed it quickly because I hadn’t had good experience using that application for things which weren’t languages. I should have at least tried to see if I could repurpose my previous success! I’m now happily using Anki to learn measure theory and ring theory, and I can already tell that it’s sticking far better.
This mistake has had real consequences. I’ve gotten far better at proofs and I’m quite good at real analysis (I passed a self-administered graduate qualifying exam in the spring), but I have to look things some up for probability theory. Not a good look in interviews. I might have to spend weeks of extra time reviewing things I could have already stashed away in an Anki deck.
Over the last 2.5 years, I’ve read a lot of math textbooks. Not using Anki / spaced repetition systems over that time has been an enormous mistake. My factual recall seems worse-than-average among my peers, but when supplemented with Anki, it’s far better than average (hence, I was able to learn 2000+ Japanese characters in 90 days, in college).
I considered using Anki for math in early 2018, but I dismissed it quickly because I hadn’t had good experience using that application for things which weren’t languages. I should have at least tried to see if I could repurpose my previous success! I’m now happily using Anki to learn measure theory and ring theory, and I can already tell that it’s sticking far better.
This mistake has had real consequences. I’ve gotten far better at proofs and I’m quite good at real analysis (I passed a self-administered graduate qualifying exam in the spring), but I have to look things some up for probability theory. Not a good look in interviews. I might have to spend weeks of extra time reviewing things I could have already stashed away in an Anki deck.
Oops!
I’m curious what sort of things you’re Anki-fying (e.g. a few examples for measure theory).
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/511421324