Creating a Spaced Repetition System in Notion

What is this spaced repetition methode everybody is talking about?

It is a methode that claims to make you remember up to 95% of all facts you want to keep in your head.

If you hear this for the first time, the credibility of this claim will probably rank among the typical bro-science stuff you find on the internet daily.

But surprisingly, the efficiency of spatial repetition is backed by science.¹ Therefore, it’s no wonder that this method has become incredibly popular, especially among medical students and language learners.

But how can spaced repetitions generate such impressive results?

The core of this method is based on calculating optimal intervals between repetitions of knowledge units. For finding the correct intervals, it makes use of the forgetting curve: also known as the rate at which we forget information.

For remembering a certain fact a repetition is done just slightly before you will forget this fact again.

In the beginning, you need to repeat the fact more often, but the better you remember something the less often you need to repeat this fact.

With time, the repetitions are spaced out.