If you use Anki, 's article on writing good prompts is excellent; after 5y I picked up a bunch of useful techniques. If you don't, check out the introductory anecdote about cooking to see the value.
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Thanks, Peter!
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Thanks for writing it. You're really thorough here (in all your articles, really). On the flip side (heh): do you have an opinion on extra info on answers? Eg if card is country -> captial, having map/flag/etc below on that answer, in addition to country->map/etc.
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Thanks. I see that strategy as a simple way to promote elaborative encoding, which I try to do when prompts seem to need some extra support (more discussion in the cues + elaborative encoding section: andymatuschak.org/prompts/#cues-)
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Ah, I see how it fits into that paradigm, thanks. And sorry to plug a competitor, but I wanted to mention the thing that someone could adopt today.
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Oh, no, please plug away! I even suggest Anki in the article’s intro! :)