“Active Recall and Spaced Repetition are Different Things” by Saul Munn
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Epistemic status: splitting hairs. Originally published as a shortform; thanks @Arjun Panickssery for telling me to publish this as a full post. There's been a lot of recent work on memory. This is great, but popular communication of that progress consistently mixes up active recall and spaced repetition. That consistently bugged me — hence this piece. If you already have a good understanding of active recall and spaced repetition, skim sections I and II, then skip to section III. Note: this piece doesn’t meticulously cite sources, and will probably be slightly out of date in a few years. I link to some great posts that have far more technical substance at the end, if you’re interested in learning more & actually reading the literature.

** 1. Active Recall** When you want to learn some new topic, or review something you’ve previously learned, you have different strategies at your disposal. Some [...]

Outline:

(00:54) 1. Active Recall

(01:46) 2. (Efficiently) Spaced Repetition

(03:39) 3. The difference

(04:42) 4. Implications

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First published: November 8th, 2024

Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rybwNZGGtGXA5uxsS/active-recall-and-spaced-repetition-are-different-things)

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