Overlapping cloze deletions in , with a single key press, go from this - to this, or from this
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How it looks in my daily review, while testing, and after revealing the answer
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(My main purpose is for lists, based on suggestions from and the ten rules from SuperMemo, but I will also experiment a bit with cloze deletions of text).
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This is very enticing! I'm curious about your long-term experiences with cloze deletion in SRS. They're so much easier to write—but months later, I usually find myself frustrated with them. Have been collecting notes here, but don't really understand yet:
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I will report back! I am still experimenting. Being able to interleave questions with notes has been very powerful for me, because it acts as a form of spaced attention as well - I often revisit notes, expand on them etc. But still thinking about how detailed questions etc.
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Very inspired by your essay about prompts andymatuschak.org/prompts/, and the idea of writing more questions than you think are reasonable :)
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Yes, but not enough. Built some prototypes; none good enough to still get used. I'm excited about the space.
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The main issues with cloze deletions is that they don't trigger active recall as strongly because there are hints in the question. Questions, however, take more time to write. In Polar we added OpenAI driven cards so you can create the flashcard automatically.
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Would be interesting with some research on these... Wish there was an API (send text snippet, get suggested questions) to try embedding these in other products (but I know you want competitive advantage :))...
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I agree 100%. Cloze is of little use in most situations. The retrieval cue is too narrow, and too context dependent. You feel smart, but outside of quizzing it’s not helpful. You need ways to create multiple paths and cues to the knowledge.
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Also think the Supermemo “laws” should be open to question. we should be brave enough to rethink those and ask - are these valid for promoting knowledge and understanding beyond word pairs, stats and facts? Too atomic for my liking.
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Open to all of this being true but curious to test out. Most of my cards will remain trad. How do you feel about overlapping cloze for lists?
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