Flash Cards as Cognitive Test
Project Infobox 
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| Self researcher(s) | User:DG |
| Related tools | Anki, Spaced Repetition |
| Related topics | Tools for Cognitive Testing |
Builds on project(s) |
Spaced Listening, Spaced Repetition: A Cognitive QS Method for Knowledge Acquisition |
| Has inspired | Projects (0) |
Flash cards are cards with question on one side and answers on opposite, used for memorization. Exist several computer apps that automate the process and have recorded a lot of data. I expected electronic flashcard data to be useful as a cognitive test so I started a project to analyze the data that Anki records. Turns out the project teaches users about learning and allows them to experiment with and optimize their own learning process. This project also encourages studying by illustrating success in detail, similar to gamification.
The project is a work in progress and much of the intended functionality is not yet working. I cannot yet guarantee that each of the goals will be all that useful.
Simply adding colorful plots that Anki does not already have will encourage studying. The goal of teaching is almost as certain because analyzing the data requires delving into the learning process. This goal may actually be the most impactful.
Project will advise user on how to optimize their studying by comparing what actually happened with what would have happened if they had done something different, according to a machine learning model. Effects will be illustrated using Partial Dependence Plots and ICE[1]. To help user conduct experiments, project will compare one part of time series with another or progress on one set of cards with another. User may have to do some analysis on their own.
Everyone should track their cognitive ability as much as health-conscious people track their heartrate and exercise. T Formal cognitive testing takes too much time, and rarely validated for continuous testing.
relevance to user's productivity goals is often questionable. An alternative that solves both is skill trainers like typing tutors.
Any decent skill test will detect when subject is severely sick. Useful cognitive health test must detect subtler changes and generalize to
References
- ↑ Visualizing ML Models with LIME · UC Business Analytics R Programming Guide (uc-r.github.io)