optimal repetition spacing
Dear Hdejarne,
I think that you can use repetition spacing or frequency, but not both. I've never played with frequency. I use repetition spacing. Basically, the cards start at Rank 1. If you get it right, it moves to a higher Rank. I set the repetition spacing so that I see the higher Ranks at longer and longer time intervals. The assumption is that the higher the Rank, the longer I can go without needing to refresh it in my brain.
Here is something that I posted earlier:
My rank settings are:
Rank 1 0 days
Rank 2 1 day
Rank 3 3 days
Rank 4 6 days
Rank 5 10 days
Rank 6 15 days
Rank 7 25 days
Rank 8 60 days
Rank 9 180 days
The Rank 1 setting of 0 days means that all the rank 1 cards come up today. So if I miss the card, it still comes up today until I get it right.
My memory is not as good as some, so if you have a young, quick memory, you could probably use longer spacings.
Also, on the same page, I set the "limit ranks" to 9.
On the Rank Settings page, I set the settings so that the card advances to the next Rank if I get it right once (this way the cards that I know move up the Ranks quickly); and if I get a card wrong, I set it to retreat by 8 Ranks so that it goes back to Rank 1 and I start over again.
This works well for me. I do several hundred cards each day.
John