Hermann Ebbinghaus found that we forget new learning fast. This is called the forgetting curve. Each time you review, you remember more and forget more slowly.
Reviews:
No review:
With reviews:
No review: most of it is gone in a few daysWith reviews 1 to 4: the memory lasts longer each time
The curves show the idea. They are not real data.
The system
How It Works
Review today
Write keywords from today's classes. No notes.
Revision
Do the reviews due today. Then learn one new topic.
Look at each topic 5 more times
LearnDay 1
1Next day
2Day after
31 week later
41 month later
5Before the exam
Each time: close your notes, write what you remember, then check.
Your plan
3 Weeks of Spaced Revision
One new topic each school day. The numbers are the reviews due that day. Do those first.
My subjects, in the order I learn them
Click a review when you finish it.
NEWLearn a new topic1Next day2Day after31 week laterReview 4 (1 month later) starts in Week 5.
Your tracker
My Topics
Write the topic. Tick each review when done.
The rows marked Example show how it works.
Subject
Topic
Learned on
1Next day
2Day after
31 week
41 month
5Exam
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Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
It means looking at a topic again at set times: the next day, the day after, a week later and a month later. Each review is short. Each one helps the memory last longer, so you need less cramming before the exam.
Close your notes. Write or say everything you remember about the topic. Then open your notes and check. Fix anything you missed or got wrong. For Maths, do two or three questions from the topic instead of writing notes.
It is a quick brain dump when you get home. Write the keywords from each class you had that day, without looking at your notes. It is different from the topic reviews in My Topics, which you do during Revision time.
Do it as soon as you can, then carry on. The tracker marks missed reviews as Late and puts them at the top of Due today, so you can catch up first. Missing one review does not undo your work.
Yes. The page starts with an example for a 5th Year student. Click Edit my week to change times and activities, add or remove subjects in the 3-week plan, and clear the example rows in My Topics. It works for 6th Year and Junior Cycle too.
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