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SuperMemo 99 made the first step towards efficient reading of electronic articles by introducing reading lists and the first primitive reading tools: extracts and clozes. Reading lists are prioritized lists of articles to read. Extracts make it possible to split larger articles into smaller portions.
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This flashcard creation process is semi-automated – the reader chooses which material to learn and edits the precise wording of the questions. In contrast, the software assists in prioritizing articles and making the flashcards and does the scheduling: it calculates the time for the reader to review
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out of electronic articles. "Incremental reading" means "reading in portions". Instead of a linear reading of articles one at a time, the method works by keeping a large list of electronic articles or books (often dozens or hundreds) and reading parts of several articles in each session. The user
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Without spaced repetition, the reader would quickly get lost in the glut of information when studying dozens of subjects in parallel. However, spaced repetition makes it possible to retain traces of the processed material in memory.
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With time and reviews, articles are supposed to be gradually converted into extracts and extracts into flashcards. Hence, incremental reading is a method of breaking down information from electronic articles into sets of flashcards.
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prioritizes articles in the reading list. During reading, key points of articles are broken up into flashcards, which are then learned and reviewed over an extended period with the help of a
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When reading an electronic article, the user extracts the most important parts (similar to underlining or highlighting a paper article) and gradually distills them into
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are often used in incremental reading, as they are easy to create from the text. Both extracts and flashcards are scheduled independently from the original article.
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add-on for incremental reading was later published in 2011; for Anki 2.0 and 2.1, another add-on is available.
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SuperMemo 2000 greatly increased the efficiency of reading by introducing the concept of incremental reading.
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Clozes make it possible to convert short sentences into a question-answer format using cloze deletions.
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algorithm. This means that all processed pieces of information are presented at increasing intervals.
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Incremental reading was the first of a series of related concepts invented by
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a large amount of information, particularly if it comes from various sources.
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such as " was the first U.S. president", "George Washington was ", etc.
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This use of flashcards at later stages of the process is based on the
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The method itself is often credited to the Polish software developer
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add-on: extracting a portion out of an article and creating a
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Individual articles are read in portions proportional to the
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Introduction to incremental reading by SuperMemo 15 Freeware
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Use Incremental Reading to Memorize Large Batches of Data
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Limited incremental reading support for the text editor
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Anki
cloze deletion
learning
reading
flashcards
spaced repetition
spacing effect
testing effect
learn for life
Piotr Woźniak
SuperMemo 99
cloze deletions
SuperMemo 2000
Emacs
Anki
Piotr Woźniak
flashcards
active recall
Cloze deletions
active recall

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