Spaced repetition (SRS) for learning
- by Fredrik Johansson
A client has asked me to add a simple spaced repeition algorithm (SRS) for an onlinebased learning site. But before throwing my self into it, I'd like to discuss it with the community.
Basically the site asks the user a bunch of questions (by automatically selecting say 10 out of 100 total questions from a database), and the user gives either a correct or incorrect answer. The users result are then stored in a database, for instance:
userid questionid correctlyanswered dateanswered
1 123 0 (no) 2010-01-01 10:00
1 124 1 (yes) 2010-01-01 11:00
1 125 1 (yes) 2010-01-01 12:00
Now, to maximize a users ability to learn all answers, I should be able to apply an SRS algorithm so that a user, next time he takes the quiz, receives questions incorrectly answered more often; than questions answered correctly. Also, questions that are previously answered incorrectly, but recently often answered correctly should occur less often.
Have anyone implemented something like this before? Any tips or suggestions?
Theese are the best links I've found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition
http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/principles.php
http://www.supermemo.com/english/ol/sm2.htm
