The following is a guest-authored blog post from John, a second-year medical student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, one of Firecracker's more than twenty official partner institutions:
Topics: Tales from the front line, USMLE, Course Connect, Learning & Memory Science, Spaced Learning, Practice Exams
What if I can't consistently complete my review tasks?
Earlier, I wrote a post about how long you should spend on your daily review questions. (If you didn’t see that, the answer is 3-5 questions each minute.) I’ve since received amazing feedback from students saying that following this recommendation has made completing their daily review tasks much easier. However, some students still worry that they may find it difficult to consistently complete their daily review tasks over time. In these cases – when you’re unable to commit to Firecracker consistently – what should you do?
Topics: Spaced Learning, How to Use Firecracker, Tips and Advice
This is actually a question we hear quite frequently: How long should I be spending on each question? There seems to be a fair degree of difference from student to student, many of whom have settled into their number simply out of routine. So allow me to clarify a bit:
Topics: Spaced Learning, How to Use Firecracker
Firecracker Launches Adaptive Question Recommendations.
We've been assigning you a fixed number of questions to review each day. This has allowed us to accurately calibrate the system by learning how you are using the new experience. Today, we're ready to release a planned update to our algorithm that will even better maximize the efficiency of your studying going forward.
Topics: Spaced Learning, Firecracker algorithm
Taking a Look Under the Hood at Firecracker’s Algorithm
Firecracker’s daily recommendations are designed to keep you on top of what you’ve learned by preventing you from forgetting anything.
Topics: Spaced Learning, Firecracker algorithm
Why Firecracker Works, Part 2: Train your Brain to Remember Anything
Our first post in this series showed the distribution of self-reported recall scores for the first quiz. A lot of folks were surprised -- immediately forgetting 32% of what you just studied was a lot higher than many of you expected. This blog post shows how Firecracker solves the forgetting problem for you.
Topics: Learning & Memory Science, Spaced Learning
Why Firecracker Works, Part 2: Train your Brain to Remember Anything
Our first post in this series showed the distribution of self-reported recall scores for the first quiz. A lot of folks were surprised -- immediately forgetting 32% of what you just studied was a lot higher than many of you expected. This blog post shows how Firecracker solves the forgetting problem for you.
Topics: Learning & Memory Science, Spaced Learning
New in Firecracker: Choose your Exam focus, Set your Timezone & more!
Greetings Firecrackers!
Topics: New Features, Spaced Learning
New in Firecracker: Choose your Exam focus, Set your Timezone & more!
Greetings Firecrackers!
Topics: New Features, Spaced Learning
Why Firecracker Works, Part 1: Solving the Forgetting Problem
Topics: Learning & Memory Science, Spaced Learning