Reversed Cloze for set memorization

[Arno den Hartog]

It would be nice to have a card type that takes for example this Cloze text:

<b>Author:</b> [Kurt Vonnegut]
1949–2007
<b>Novels:</b>
[Breakfast of Champions]
[Mother Night]
[Cat's Cradle]
[God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater]
[Slaughterhouse-Five]

(For the record, I have not read all of Kurt Vonnegut's novels so it is an arbitrary selection.)

Which produces cards such as:

Front:
Cat's Cradle

Back:
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
1949–2007
Novels:
Breakfast of Champions
Mother Night
[...]
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Slaughterhouse-Five

That is the exact same as Cloze cards but in reverse for use in memorization of sets.

Another example for a use of reverse Cloze:

<b>Group 1</b>
[Li] [Lithium]
[Na] [Sodium]
[K] [Potassium]
[Rb] [Rubidium]
[Cs] [Cesium]
[Fr] [Francium]

Which lets one recall both name or symbol and other group members.

Obviously this could be achieved with lots of regular cards but that is too much work.

For now I can extract Cloze cards to .csv then swap the columns and import to get the desired cards.

[Peter Bienstman]

Hi,

You'll want to vote for this feature:

https://mnemosyne.uservoice.com/admin/forums/164265-general/suggestions/2901330-ui-support-for-n-sided-card-types-30-work-units-

Cheers,

Peter

On 03/17/2013 05:54 PM, Arno den Hartog wrote:
> It would be nice to have a card type that takes for example this Cloze text:
>
> <b>Author:</b> [Kurt Vonnegut]

> 1949�2007

> <b>Novels:</b>
> [Breakfast of Champions]
> [Mother Night]
> [Cat's Cradle]
> [God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater]
> [Slaughterhouse-Five]
>
> (For the record, I have not read all of Kurt Vonnegut's novels so it is
> an arbitrary selection.)
>
> Which produces cards such as:
>
> Front:
> Cat's Cradle
>
> Back:

> *Author:* Kurt Vonnegut
> 1949�2007
> *Novels:*

> Breakfast of Champions
> Mother Night
> [...]
> God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
> Slaughterhouse-Five
>
> That is the exact same as Cloze cards but in reverse for use in
> memorization of sets.
>
> Another example for a use of reverse Cloze:
>
> <b>Group 1</b>
> [Li] [Lithium]
> [Na] [Sodium]
> [K] [Potassium]
> [Rb] [Rubidium]
> [Cs] [Cesium]
> [Fr] [Francium]
>
> Which lets one recall both name or symbol and other group members.
>
> Obviously this could be achieved with lots of regular cards but that is
> too much work.
>
> For now I can extract Cloze cards to .csv then swap the columns and
> import to get the desired cards.
>

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[Arno den Hartog]

That link is for admins but I found the relevant page.

I guess that could be the same but it does depend on how exactly it gets implemented.

[Arno den Hartog]

First of all you tag those cards as "Periodic Table::Groups"
Tags are always visible above the card you are reviewing.
They tell you which information you are looking for.
Second you can remember Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr  because they are all Group 1 elements.
They are ordered rather obviously by period numbers.
And their names would also be included.
There is no guessing involved.

Remembering context from a datum is very useful. For example if prompted with: A Theory of Justice (tag: Political Theory::Authors)
One can learn to recall that John Rawls wrote that book along with some of his other notable works.

Another example, prompt with: teuflisch (tag: German::Synonyms)
And another, prompt with: thyroid gland (tag: Biology::Organ Systems)

The reason to learn it in this direction rather than the other way around is that this closer represents how the information will be used in the real world.
I would speculate that way is more effective for learning as well but without actual research to back it up arguing about that would be silly.