FullRecall also uses "Power of Question" and CPL (Critical Path Learning) method, based on J. Andrew Shaw's ATOL theory, to maximize learning efficiency. CPL "gets most of its effectiveness from using tight feedback loops and enforcing information accuracy"—the program lets you immediately check if your recall is correct, reinforcing always only the correct answer. You can also ask for "hint" (next character in the answer) or type answer by keyboard and FullRecall gives you instant feedback whether just pressed letter is right.
The software is similar to common flashcard programs: knowledge is stored in question-answer pairs. In review mode you're presented questions, one by one. To every question you think about an answer, and after a while you're confronted with the correct answer. Then you pick a grade to evaluate how well you remembered it. That grade gives FullRecall a feedback. The program stores also other data (number of total reviews of item, current interval, etc.), given also current grade is able to schedule next optimal review (and later try to learn itself if there was a mistake: if scheduled interval was too long or too short—i.e. if your grade on the next review is below or above "good"). With FullRecall you can learn new things fast, without worrying about repetitions of what you remember—the software assures that even if you forget something, you'll be soon reminded about it.
The problem of forgetting
We do forget. Nothing stays in our brain forever without reviews. If something is important to you, you'll think about it from time to time (or even dream about it)—these repetitions, conscious or not, will reinforce your memory of this fact. We often come across new information and we want to keep it in memory even though we may not need it for the next weeks, months or even years. In order to not forget we have to do repetitions. However, how much time spent on repetitions is optimal? What is the optimal time of a review?
FullRecall is the solution here. Ensures that you remember new things, but don't forget what you have already memorized. Reviews are scheduled on days when you're close to forgetting, so sometimes you may actually forget an information, but FullRecall learns from this mistakes, self-corrects scheduling, to minimize chances of such lapses in the future.
Active Recalls
There are two kinds of repetitions:
* when you look at information passively, e.g. in your notes or in a book
* when you recall an information using only your mind (this is "active recall"), e.g. try to recall a phone number without any external help
Active recalls are more effective: while you're trying to recall an information, you're also reinforcing your memory of this information. FullRecall does facilitate active recalls and helps to use active recalls even when you don't remember an answer (by "Hint" feature).
Selected features
* scheduling of items is done by ANN that learns itself about your pace of learning and grading-habits; scheduling have an auto-final-drill (items you had problems with shows up the same day until ANN decides your grade was enough to schedule item for another day) small randomness in scheduling (to not bore you with the same sequence of items on another day) takes into account how many items are already scheduled on considered days
* support for Unicode (UTF-8), images, sounds, XML and tab-delimited file format, IMEs (Input Method Editors)
* basic text formatting (bold, underline, strikeout)
* possibility to do almost everything from keyboard
* multi-platform (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Pocket-PC, PalmOS)
* network import/export
* auto-backups with compression
* license (the commercial one, if you'll decide to buy full version) is bound to a person, not a computer, so you can use FullRecall on many different computers, in many different places: network synchronization, small program size and quick installation make work with the software in different places easy
* graphical and textual statistics
* automatic warning about badly formulated items that you keep forgetting even though intervals are low, suggesting what to do
* auto-grab-clipboard mode to facilitate in fast creating question-answer collections without direct interaction with FullRecall
* search supporting regular expressions
* program is lightweight and fast; further development takes place, so you can expect new features and improvements (see changelog and roadmap)
more info @http://fullrecall.com/
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