by Ernie » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:57 am
Ok, we have some thread hijacking going on. Ha.
Ben,
I'm not very clear on what you are asking. It sounds like you are interested in studying the opposite direction, meaning show side 2 first then guess side 1. If so, I would recommend creating a second "combination" deck that is just for studying side 2 first:
To create a deck for direction 2, tap “+” and add a new Combination deck, and include just your main deck. Open it, go to study options, change “Show Side First” to “2” and change “Statistics Set” to “2” (in same screen).
You will now have two decks, one for studying side 1 -> side 2, and other for side 2 -> side 1. The second deck just points to the first one (the cards are not actually duplicated), but it uses it's own set of statistcs. Hopefully this makes sense. Hopefully this is what you are asking about!
Other option, if you are trying to study side 2 -> side 1, is just to make a complete copy of the deck and set "Show Side first" to "2".
As for "cards right in a row" for active cards, I'm not sure. It sounds like you are using "spaced repetition". When a card is active, I recommend you just let the built-in scheduling work. If you know a card, there is no need to practice it 3 times. If you just "kind of know it" and you want more practice on it, answer wrong and it will get scheduled more often. This is probably better than getting every card asked 3 times in a row.
Sorry, I feel like I didn't answer your questions very well. Let me know if you need more clarification or I didn't help.
Ernie