Spaced Repetition Flashcards: How Your Confidence Ratings Guide Brainscape’s Learning Algorithm, by Brainscape on YouTube. 6 min 11 s.
- Video length
- 6 min 11 s
- Time to do it
- 10 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 8
What you need
Steps
Open Brainscape and pick a deck or create your own cards for the subject you are studying.
Start a study session so the app shows one flashcard at a time.
Read the question and try to recall the answer before you flip the card.
Reveal the answer and compare it with what you remembered.
Rate how well you knew it on the 5-point scale, from not at all to perfectly.
Be honest with the rating. A lucky guess is not a high score.
Let the app schedule the card. Low ratings come back sooner, high ratings later.
Repeat the session and trust the order the app gives you instead of skipping ahead.
Tips and common mistakes
Rate your confidence before you peek at the answer so the score reflects real recall.
Do not mark a card high just because you saw it recently. The algorithm needs honest input.
Short daily sessions work better than one long cram session because spacing does the work.
Review the cards the app brings back first rather than restudying everything.
Questions
Why does Brainscape use confidence ratings instead of right or wrong?
A right or wrong mark hides how well you actually knew the answer. The 5-point scale tells the algorithm how solid your recall is so it can time the next review.
What do the 5 confidence levels mean?
They run from not knowing the card at all to knowing it perfectly. The lower your rating, the sooner the card appears again.
Do I need to make my own cards?
No. Brainscape has millions of ready-made flashcards, but you can create your own for any subject.
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