CFI wrote:
Since the cards in the pool have not yet been studied, asking directly from the pool will almost certainly result in a wrong answer, meaning that the card would go from the pool to the back of box 1 (might as well put it directly from the pool to the back of box 1). That is what I had in mind (remember I am not able to run ML right now).
Cards should always be asked from box 1, just as in the Leitner's physical box. Demoted cards are also put in box 1, and then are treated the same as the cards you initially try to learn.
The pool should just be a convenient place to keep cards you plan to eventually study.
To reiterate, there are two simple ways to proceed:
1) Manual pool: the pool is left alone until the user explicitly asks for "n" cards to be transferred from the pool to box 1 (n is specified by the user at each loading time).
2) Automatic reload: only when the number of cards in box 1 fall to "m", are cards transferred from the pool to box 1, to make box 1 full again ("m"=3 per Leitner, but may be specified by the user).
Either of those two options would be fine, and it would seem to be fairly straightforward to implement, since it would NOT affect the logic of the rest of the program.
Thanks again.
Virgil
Sorry, but you still got the main point wrong for ML's implementation:Hi, you answered while I was still editing my message...I saved it to make sure I did not lose anything if there was a tech problem.
ML DOES NOT"move a card to box 1" and you never start with a box 1 full with 30 cards - and thats the main difference to Leitner IMO.
You start e.g. with a pool and 30 "enabled Cards" (e.g. only chapter 1 enabled) and then ML asks the first card WITHOUT putting it in box 1 first. ONLY if you answer that first card wrong it will be put in box 1, but if you answer it correctly it will be put into box 2 directly. Meaning if you get nothing wrong at all, you will never have anything in box 1.
Belive me, we talked a lot about this and made sure it is "not wrong", but very likely not optimal as well and I agree, that your second solution would be probably a better aproach as it reflects Leitners intends "directly"...
Since the cards in the pool have not yet been studied, asking directly from the pool will almost certainly result in a wrong answer, meaning that the card would go from the pool to the back of box 1 (might as well put it directly from the pool to the back of box 1). That is what I had in mind (remember I am not able to run ML right now).
Cards should always be asked from box 1, just as in the Leitner's physical box. Demoted cards are also put in box 1, and then are treated the same as the cards you initially try to learn.
The pool should just be a convenient place to keep cards you plan to eventually study.
To reiterate, there are two simple ways to proceed:
1) Manual pool: the pool is left alone until the user explicitly asks for "n" cards to be transferred from the pool to box 1 (n is specified by the user at each loading time).
2) Automatic reload: only when the number of cards in box 1 fall to "m", are cards transferred from the pool to box 1, to make box 1 full again ("m"=3 per Leitner, but may be specified by the user).
Either of those two options would be fine, and it would seem to be fairly straightforward to implement, since it would NOT affect the logic of the rest of the program.
Thanks again.
Virgil
