Hi Tom Cato
Below is my short answer, however you inspired me to reflect on my 
learning approach... See separate posting!

*I aim at a retention rate no lower than 95%.*

If too many items are forgotten, I know that it is likely they will require 
a lot of time also in the future. I ask myself: 

·       Are they badly formulated? If yes, rephrase/ redo

·       Do I have insufficient  "surrounding" and "supporting" knowledge? 
If yes: provide this knowledge

·       Some “hard-to-learn” items I simply give a "Priority-2"-tag and put 
on hold until I am better prepared for this piece of knowledge

·       Other items I re-formulate (would be nice if Mnemosyne allowed 
"copy-item" and/ or "Reset learning")

·       I may supplement the trouble-item with a different approach (e.g. 
use picture/ sound).

·       Some of these "hard to learn" items I write down (yes, good old 
handwriting) and look through every now and then. ( I have even 
made paper-based flashcards) . I find that changing the learning-context 
can do wonders... An idea I got just now: Snapshot of the handwritten item, 
insert into.. etc ☺


/ Henrik in Oslo



On Friday, 19 April 2013 13:55:45 UTC+2, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote:
>
> Hello mnemosyne-users
>
> How high retention rate (as reported by mnemosyne statistics) do you get 
> on average when reviewing cards? I tend to get around 80% and review 
> between 100 and 150 cards a day. Most of my cards are used to learn 
> languages.
>
> I would expect that spending more time reviewing 0 and 1-grade cards 
> before grading them 2 or higher will improve the retention rate. But this 
> also take time, and maybe it would be smarter using that time to read and 
> speak the language I'm trying to learn.
>
> Do anyone have thoughts to share about this topic?
>

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