How to learn branch by knowledge tree order
Question
anonymous asked: How can I learn a branch by the order in the knowledge tree?
Details
When I import a very long article, for example the article on incremental learning, the article is too long to be processed in one go, so I use the split function in SuperMemo to split the article into smaller sections (the incremental learning article is split into hundreds of shorter topics).
After splitting the article, all the children topics will be arranged to be reviewed the next day in random order. Clearly I can't process them all in the second day, so I spread them into a period of time (say two or three months). Since the children topics have a clear order, topics in the later chapters are built upon the early chapters, how can I review them (in the next three months) in their knowledge tree order?
This seems like quite a natural need, but I didn't see any relevant answer in the search results.
Answer
To learn or review a branch in the order of elements set in the knowledge tree, you can do the following:
- go to the root article (e.g. the one about incremental learning)
- press Ctrl+Space on the root article to view all descendants in tree order
- choose Ctrl+L in the browser to review outstanding elements, or Ctrl+Shift+L to review all elements in the tree order
This is explained in these videos:
See also: subset review.
User follow up
anonymous wrote: "I removed irrelevant answer, question remains open"
Etiquette
Please do not remove answers to questions unless they are blatantly wrong. You can leave your comments on the reasons for irrelevance and let others decide if information is useful. If justified, the answer can always be amended. In this particular case, the answer seems to provide you with the best strategy for review in order: if you Spread in portions, you can review outstanding elements only, otherwise you can do a full review. Note that review in order with Ctrl+L lets you set the best timing for review of any element that comes up for review.
User's explanation
Thanks for your reply but this doesn't really answer my question. What I want to know is after you Ctrl+Space on the root article and all the elements are shown, is there any way to adjust the review interval for the elements so that the elements closer to the root get reviewed earlier (but not on the same day, and maybe to say get learned earlier is more proper). I want to disperse the learning in a period of time (two or three months), not all crammed on the same day. Randomly spreading the children items into the future doesn't make much sense, since I'd constantly have to learn things that demand some prior knowledge I haven't learned yet.
Answer 2
To review a branch in the order of the knowledge tree redistributed over a month, you can do the following:
- go to the root article (e.g. the one about incremental learning)
- press Ctrl+Space on the root article to view all descendants in tree order
- Spread the article over the course of a month (or at 1-5 spliters per day)(e.g. right-click to get the browser menu and use Process browser : Learning : Spread)
- in Mercy:Criteria choose Retain current repetition sequence (to keep the order of the tree as displayed in the browser).
- choose Rescheduling period of 30 days (i.e. one month)
This is explained in this video: Mercy and Spread
See more in: Mercy
User's followup
The first answer clearly doesn't answer my question; I don't understand the second answer and I also doubt its relevance. By now I've given up on getting a solution for my problem, and given that I've repeated my question twice, I'm not gonna explain again why I think the first answer is irrelevant.
It's just funny how people like to talk about etiquette, after having me reiterating the question twice and waiting for an answer for two weeks. If you don't have a solution, just say you don't have one, then I can start looking for workarounds; I don't want an answer that's not even close to what I'm trying to do.
solid speed of reply
The answer to the question was provided in less than 24h acc. to the history of edits. By today's standards, including our own usual speed, this is pretty fantastic. To receive clarifications, you need to specifically point to why you believe the answer does not match the original question. The second answer will be improved/expanded for you (it is probably explained well with the linked video). If things are unclear, asking more questions works better than a delete.
This text and video are used to explain SuperMemo, a pioneer of spaced repetition software since 1987. For other videos see: SuperMemo Video