SuperMemo
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| Developer(s) | SuperMemo World |
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| Stable release |
version 2017 (v. 17.21) / January 2017
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| Operating system | Windows, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Web, more |
| Type | Accelerated learning and memory software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | supermemo |
SuperMemo (from "Super Memory") is a learning method and software package developed by SuperMemo World and SuperMemo R&D with Piotr Woźniak in Poland from 1985 to the present. It is based on research into long-term memory, and is a practical application of the spaced repetition learning method that has been proposed for efficient instruction by a number of psychologists as early as in the 1930s.
According to the developers of SuperMemo and some other proponents of spaced repetition learning, the process can optimize long-term knowledge acquisition.
The method is available as a computer program for Windows, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, (Pocket PC), iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, (iTunes), Palm OS (PalmPilot), etc. It can also be used in a web browser or even without a computer.
The desktop version of SuperMemo (since v. 2002) supports incremental reading.
The SuperMemo program stores a database of questions and answers constructed by the user. When reviewing information saved in the database, the program uses the SuperMemo algorithm to decide what questions to show the user. The user then answers the question and rates their recall - did they answer the question easily, with hesitation, not at all, and so on - and their rating is used to calculate how soon they should be shown the question again. While the exact algorithm varies with the version of SuperMemo, in general, items that are harder to remember show up more frequently.
Besides simple text questions and answers, the latest version of SuperMemo supports images, video, and HTML questions and answers.
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