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Does learning a language for 15 minutes a day make sense? This is one of the most common questions asked by people starting their language-learning journey. The answer is yes – provided that you study…
For over three decades, SuperMemo World has been the unequivocal leader in spaced repetition research. Our algorithms are the product of a continuous, scientifically-driven refinement process, grounde…
The Internet is full of myths about the effects of the research by Herman Ebbinghaus, the researcher most often associated with the forgetting curve, and numerous texts and presentations repeat them, …
Probably the first scientist to research and describe the processes related to forgetting in a truly scientific manner was the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. While he didn’t invent the term s…
Here at SuperMemo World, we sometimes use the expression “intelligent repetitions” or “optimised repeats”, although, in fact, deep down, we simply think “the SuperMemo method”, because it’s thanks to …
The ability, or likelihood of remembering something is expressed on a scale from 0 to 100%. Typically, immediately after learning something new, we’re able to recall it with nearly 100% effectiveness.…
If you want to learn with Deckumi, it is helpful to know the most important assumption behind the method, which is: any knowledge will be forgotten if it is not regularly revised. This principle also …
SuperMemo World is a software company founded on July 5, 1991 by Krzysztof Biedalak and Piotr Wozniak in Poznan, Poland. It devotes all its resources to the promotion of the SuperMemo method of fast l…
Foreign-language films and series expose you to real dialogue. While watching Netflix, note useful words and expressions, then manually turn them into Deckumi flashcards. The workflow is watching, sel…