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Spaced repetition in 96: Desirable difficulty

Once a week, mark young high-yield cards and check them against the public outline. Keep Spaced repetition with “Desirable difficulty” and 96 from 96. If the outline moved, the deck must move.

This atlas ranks it near the top for evidence, exam fit and long retention, and middling for first-week speed — early hours go to card design. Use it as a calendar for facts you must still name in six months — not as a substitute for a blank-page problem. Spaced repetition: What is this, in one honest paragraph?

A schedule that asks for a retrieval just before you would have forgotten, then lengthens the gap after a success. Spaced repetition: What does the evidence actually say? Ebbinghaus showed savings on relearning; Cepeda et al. found expanding gaps beat cramming for delayed tests; Leitner and SuperMemo turned the idea into boxes and algorithms.

Spaced repetition: How does it help a high-stakes exam? It fits listing, definition and formula items that return on later papers. It does not grade a proof you have never written. Spaced repetition: How fast is a first honest gain? A first honest lift is often two to three weeks of daily reviews, not the first night of card-making.

The planner keeps 96, “Desirable difficulty,” and 96. Those three are the method. Keep Spaced repetition with “Desirable difficulty” and 96 from 96. 9696

Figures to keep

Year of the method
96
Practice figure
96
Method
Spaced repetition
Practice line
Desirable difficulty

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