What are Spaced-Repetition Software (SRS) Goals?

1. What is SRS?

Spaced Repetition System (SRS) is an evidence-based learning technique that employs spaced intervals to optimize memory retention. It schedules review sessions for information just before you are likely to forget it, ensuring efficient learning and long-term retention. New and difficult questions are shown more frequently while less difficult questions are shown less frequently. JPDrills uses a custom SRS algorithm inspired by the SuperMemo 2 (SM-2) algorithm

2. What are the advantages of SRS?

SRS enhances learning efficiency by focusing on what you need to review, not what you already know well. It saves time and effort by prioritizing weak areas, leading to better knowledge consolidation and reduced overall study time. JPDrills fully acknowledges both the strengths and weaknesses of SRS and wants to reinforce that JPDrills SRS is best suited to review concepts that have already been learned and is not optimized for learning concepts new for the first time.

3. How are "Today's Goals" determined?

In SRS, cards due today refer to the items you should review on a specific day for the most efficient memory recall. At JPDrills, we don't believe in stopping you after today's goal has been completed if you're on a roll and want to keep going; so, we specifically made our system let you continue past your daily goals and continue practicing to fast-track your mastery.

4. Why is Today's Goal Zero?

Congrats! You have met your daily review goal! But "what if it's zero and I haven't practiced yet today?" This likely means that you pushed through and practiced past your daily goals in the past. which increased the intervals for each question far into the future. As time passes, you'll see your daily goal for this quiz change from zero to a number again. Either wait until then or ignore it and practice until mastery now - completely up to you!

5. Why is Tomorrow's Goal Zero?

If Tomorrow's Goal is zero and you haven't completed Today's Goal, then Tomorrow's Goal will likely increase as you practice today as cards are moved from today to tomorrow for optimal memory. If both Today's Goal is Zero and Tomorrow's Goal is Zero, then you've likely answered many questions correctly many times before for this quiz and have pushed these cards far into the future! Well done! Ignore the goals and continue practicing to mastery or take a well-deserved break and wait until you get closer to the SRS target dates for these questions.

6. I practiced a question and Today's Goal didn't decrease. Why?

If you practiced today and your remaining questions for today's goal didn't decrease, then the JPDrills SRS algorithm has likely given you new questions. Currently, JPDrills SRS gives you new questions at a rate of 15%. This means that for every 100 questions practiced, you'll get 15 new questions randomly mixed in and introduced. Also, the first time you practice a new practice set, you will need to complete 20 new questions before JPDrills SRS will start reviewing. Lastly, if you finish your daily goal, JPDrills SRS introduced new questions at a much higher rate of 40%.