If considering only the first session, learning new words in anki is like verbal learning. And verbal learning, though not connected here to cognitive testing, transfers to other abilities: "There is considerable evidence that verbal learning correlates reasonably strongly with performance in a number of important practical tasks. For instance, verbal learning tests have been demonstrated to be highly correlated with prospective remembering in real life, which means remembering to perform a planned action at the appropriate time [29]." -QM Science
term is transfer not generalization; also mention "testing effect"
goal of anki skill is minimize user time to get the info on a card to a target level of memorization
OR can be decomposed into
time loss can be categorized to learning, forgetting, slowness to answer, and distraction
Specific types of cog/health tests:
and decomposition of the general skill[1]
Causes and models of forgetting:
for this or preceding day; forgetfullness on a specific day and change in state (not just forgetting for that one question but really changeing in state.)
testing days outside of sessions as bad and casuing forgetting
speed / distraction (special for me!!!)
predicting own needs as if the self assement is a matter of how much time will be needed not actual success
speed/ability to learn new word; ability to relearn an old word
not for cognition but for optimizing learning and using the "skill"
starting early, not gettig distracted, doing many, doing them fast, not skipping days