Articles

Articles

• Devouring knowledge - how to maximize the speed of acquiring new knowledge available to you in electronic form
• Myths of memory and learning - list of most damaging myths that may entrap an unaware student
• Roots of Genius and Creativity - analysis of what makes genius and how to achieve it
• Good sleep, good learning, good life - all-inclusive article about quality sleep for creative people
• Polyphasic sleep - an alleged formula for less sleep and more alert waking time
• SleepChart: Formula for healthy sleep - simple formula for solving sleep phase problems pestering a large number of creative people (also: freeware sleep charting application for optimizing sleep) 
• Formula for success in learning - rock-solid knowledge for life -- this is possible and this is very rewarding!
• 20 rules of formulating knowledge in learning - to effectively formulate knowledge for active recall learning, you need to understand the difference between well-structured and ill-structured knowledge. The former is easy to remember and enjoyable, the latter is a scourge of learning!
• Forget about forgetting - evolutionary, molecular and mathematical background of SuperMemo
• SuperMemo Decalog - 10 commandments that should be obeyed to ensure success with SuperMemo
• Goodness of knowledge - why we promote SuperMemo having no second thoughts 
• Can too much learning lead to Alzheimer's? - discussion of the "memory overload hypothesis"
• Reading the Internet - this article will tell you how to effectively read, and remember articles you can find on the net
• Scientific conquest of forgetful memory - this article published by Computer World in 1992 shortly describes the origins of SuperMemo and its principles
• Build your vocabulary - how to use SuperMemo to build vocabulary of foreign languages
• Interview with the author of SuperMemo - 1994 interview with Dr Wozniak packed with little known or funny pieces from the history of SuperMemo
• SuperMemo is useless! - user criticism of SuperMemo and SuperMemo World's rejoinder
• Flow of knowledge in SuperMemo - how SuperMemo 99 helps you accelerate the process of introducing new knowledge into your collection
• The brain cell trainer - one of the first independent reviews of the SuperMemo method (Computer World, 1992)
• Break free from work overload - introducing to tasklists and their implementation in SuperMemo
• A remedy for the forgetful - description of SuperMemo in plain language (Warsaw Voice)
• SuperMemo as a new tool increasing the productivity of a programmer - case study of using SuperMemo in software development (including the cost-benefit criterion of knowledge selection)
• Using templates and categories - step-by-step guide to templates and categories (Konrad Hejwosz)
• Perfection reached - introduction to SuperMemo as published in German Chip in 1995
• Learn fast and forget about forgetting - a review of SuperMemo 6 for DOS published in the oldest Polish computer journal: Bajtek (1993)
• Vocabulary of a native American - what a man in the street should know about SuperMemo (Rzeczpospolita)
• Using SuperMemo without a computer - description of the original pen&pencil SuperMemo method from the mid 1980s (i.e. before the first computer implementation) 
• SuperMemo in a school for special education - experience gathered when using SuperMemo in a Dutch school for children with various disabilities
• Inprise Case Study: SuperMemo implementation in Delphi - review of SuperMemo as a successful product developed in Delphi (as published by Borland/Inprise)
• History of the Universe - short history of the universe and the important role to play for the Knowledge Machine
• Polish speed-learning technology - short technical description of the first SuperMemo 7 multimedia CD-ROMs
• Yet easier ... Easy English - press review of the first cheap large-circulation multimedia partwork course for learning English in Poland: Multimedia Easy English (powered by Multimedia SuperMemo)

• User submissions
  • How I got a job at #1 software company - in this user testimonial, you will find out how SuperMemo helped learning programming and ultimately contributed to landing a coveted job as a software developer
  • It is more than just memorizing - Luis Gustavo Neves da Silva from Brazil explains why rote learning has received so much bad press and how understanding differences between data, information and knowledge could help
  • SuperMemo is useless! - user criticism of SuperMemo and SuperMemo World's rejoinder
  • ABC of SuperMemo 2002 - 10-year-old and 13-year-old explain SuperMemo 2002
  • No force in the world can convince me to SuperMemo! - Witold Szafraniec argues against the sense of using SuperMemo
  • Homeschooling - case study - Peadar Willy de Bhuinn presents an exemplary application of SuperMemo in homeschooling
  • Studying law with SuperMemo