Just wondering, since you have all the information on memory retention, how many times should I repeat a new character before moving on to the next?
I'm not really looking for a "until you feel comfortable with it" kind of answer but more of a statistic.
Thanks!

I don't repeat them at all, just write it once and go on. Even if I totally don't know a new character, I find that I often will get it on the second or third try, or most of it, and if it's not sticking, I'll just spend more time analyzing its components before or after I finish writing it (works better for me than writing it more times without thinking).

Since Skritter is currently set up to give wrong characters back to you in 5 minutes or less (for the most part), as long as you're practicing for a decent chunk of time, you'll keep seeing the new character and should have several chances to get it.

George, however, likes to repeat. We're not sure what the best way is yet -- maybe multiple repetitions for beginning students, lessening as you're able to learn each new character faster?

Once you've gotten over the initial learning hump for a character, Skritter will make sure you don't forget it, with a high probability (or at least, it'll do that once its scheduling algorithms are better tuned). So in a sense, it's all about which method gets you through the most characters the fastest. So to me, seeing something 5 times for a total of 30 seconds to learn it is better than seeing it 2 times for a total of 60 seconds.

Just wondering, since you have all the information on memory retention, how many times should I repeat a new character before moving on to the next?
I'm not really looking for a "until you feel comfortable with it" kind of answer but more of a statistic.
Thanks!

I tend to do the same thing as Nick when memorization is concerned, that is to say I see it once. However, I always write new characters about ten times on paper, to get a feel.

ah, I've just been repeatedly licking away without making advancement toward that chewy, synthetic, chocolate center.
I'll try each of them one at a time and see if that helps to crack that darn candy shell. Thanks.

hey lamby

I don't know exactly at what level you are studying but of course the more one knows the more time one must spend on reviewing (or one just forgets bits)....so there might well come a time when one just has to increase the amount of study time to still make progress...

As a beginner you should spend a lot of time breaking down a new character and writing it many times until you get a really good feel.

As you get to a higher level like Nick I find its best to just try it once or twice quickly and then move on, at this stage you already know all of the character components and can pick-up new characters extremely quickly.