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Spaced repition template

How to use the Template:

The tutorial:

Start with the “Spaced repetition system”

The spaced repetition system is intended to be used to enchance retention. Everytime you have a work/study session, you can just log the data into this table. And the table will simply tell you when to revisit the contents of this session next, to emphasize long term retention.

The 8 coloumns:

The “Lesson” coloum is your study session that you have had in the past and had today. You can call it whatever you want. I decided to simply put the name of the topic I was revising.

Then is the “Subject”. It works like a tagging system. When you are done with adding the lesson, you can either choose from already existing tags, or just simply type in the subject you were studying.

Then the “Active recall” coloum allows you to choose how confident were you when actively testing yourself on the contents you’ve learned. It is scientifically recommended to always test whatever you learn. And active recall means actively testing yourself. Whether it is by quick questions, flashcards, covering your book with the hand and testing. Choose one of the options for this coloum based on how confident you fell you know and understand the information.

“Summary of the session” - this coloum allows you to type a brief summary of what you have learnt in that session. It might be helpful when you have to revist the session days or months later, as this will give a quick recap of what the contents were about int that session.

The Rating coloum allows you to input your overall performance for the session. It is a bit like Active Recall, but it also takes into account other factors like memorization, test scores. This rating will be used to suggest when is the next time you should revist the content.

The “1st repetition” coloum is the day you have the work/study session. So simply put the date when you study for that session.

The “2nd repetition” is the day you will be recommended to study the session again by the system based on your “Rating”.

The “Date revised on” coloum is for you to put the date when you have the session after the “1st reptition”. Most of the times, it will be the same as the “2nd repetition” as you are likely to have the session again on the day it was recommmend to you by the system. However, the reason this coloum was added is to plan for contengency. Sometimes we can’t make it on the eact date and may decide to revisit that session some time later. It is to right the day when you visited the content after your “1st repetiton”.

A slight note about “Subjects” table:

The subject table is purely intended to make it clear to see when you had what session for a certain subject.

The “Spaced repetition system” is the main table where you are supposed to log all your sessions and data of those sessions.

But if you want to visit the individual subjects card on the “Subjects” table, you can then see what topic-sessions have you done and when.

For example, instead of saying all the sessions I have done altogether in the “Spaced repetition system” table, if I want to know what topic-sesisons I have done for phyiscs, and when, and what did I learn in that, I can just come on top, and select the Physics card on the “Subjects” table. That will only show data for Physics and not other subjects.

Example to start using it

Let’s say today, 7/17/2023, you are deciding to study a topic of Biology called “The Immune System.”

So first add the “+” on the bottom of the Spaced Repetition System table.

In the “Lesson” coloumn, add the topic of the session. In this case, it is the “The Immune System”

Then assign a tag to indiciate what subject it is. To do this, click on the next row directly beside and choose “Biology”. If you want to tag it with something else, just simply type that out.

Then once you have had your session, if you wish, you can fill out the corrosponding “Active Recall” row. In my case, In my case, I was feeling quite confident.

If you wish, you can summarize what the session was about in the corrosponding “Summary of the session” row. I have written the summary of what I’ve learnt there.

Then because I was feeling quite conident, and I tihnk my overall understanding, retention, comprehension is quite great, I am going to give myself a 5/5 stars.

Today’s date is 7/17/2023. I had the session today. So I am going to put today’s date into the corrosponding “1st repetition”

And instantly the “2nd repetition” row has a date for me - 8/7/2023. This is the date I should visit this topic the next time.

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Now imagine its 8/7/2023. Today is the date I am supposed to have the “The immunse system” session again. So I am going to have the session, and after that I am going to write the today’s date, 8/7/2023, in the corrosponding “Date revised on” row.

Now I have to erase/delete the date on the “1st repetition”, 7/17/2023, to today’s date 8/7/2023. And then fill up the data for today’s session e.g. active recall, rating, summary. Then the “2nd repetition” will tell me when to visit it again.

My Subjects:

Subjects

Subjects

Physics

Column 4

Image 5

Math

Column 4

Image 5

a blackboard with a bunch of diagrams on it

Biology

Column 4

Image 5

Phytoplankton - the foundation of the oceanic food chain.

Computer Science

Column 4

Image 5

brown and white long coated small dog wearing eyeglasses on black laptop computer

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The Spaced repetition timetable:

Spaced repetition system

Spaced repetition system

Lesson

Subject

Active recall

Summary of the session

Rating

1st repetition

2nd Repetition

Date revised on

Magnetism

Physics

6/26/2023

45105 days

7/17/2023

Cells

Biology

7/20/2023

45132 days

Electricity

Physics

1st repetition date needed

The Argand Digram

Math

1st repetition date needed

The Merge sort

Computer Science

1st repetition date needed

The Immune System

Biology

Confident

I've learned about its two branches: innate and adaptive immunity. Innate immunity provides immediate defense, while adaptive immunity involves specialized cells like T cells and B cells.

7/17/2023

45145 days

8/8/2023

There are no rows in this table

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