Query options dialog
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Query options dialog

Option groups


Option groups

Depending on the dictionary or the time you have to learn the vocabulary different settings may be optimal.

For that reason all the settings of the pages of this dialog can be summarized under an arbitrarily chosen name. You can store the settings and recall them whenever you want.

Retain

Retains the settings of the other pages under the current name.

Saving to disk is done as with all the other settings using the according menu item of the options menu. Some properties are stored with the document. For example the lessons to include since this depends on the document in use.

Recall

Recalls the settings from the group in the listbox.

New

Creates a new group with the current settings.

Delete

Removes the current group.

General query options


General query options
Time per query

Here you can influence the behavior of KVocTrain when you do not know the answer in time.

  • You may set a time limit KVocTrain grants you to remember the correct answer.

  • Additionally you can tell KVocTrain what to do when this limit is reached. Besides of waiting unlimited time you may select to be shown the solution or to continue immediately with the next question.

  • Furthermore you can activate a little progress bar to show the remaining time for the current answer.

If you exceed the time limit several times in series in continuous mode KVocTrain will assume that there is currently no person in front of the screen and stop the query.

Swap direction randomly

Usually a query is only in one direction, depending on the column you used to start the query. With this checkbox you can determine, that the directions are altered randomly.

Use alternative learning method

The normal learning style is to learn a single lesson at a time, and when you answer correctly the first time it is removed from the current learning list.

The alternative method was developed by Sebastian Leitner in his book "So lernt man lernen, Angewandte Lernpsychologie - ein Weg zum Erfolg" (Freiburg: Heider, 1972) (English: Learn how to learn, applied learning psychology - A way to success).

The idea of Leitner's method is to try learn those questions you have a hard time to learn, and do not bother you with those that you do know. This is accomplished by requiring you to answer correctly to each question four times in a row.

In real life it works by creating four rows of cards. Each row, above the bottom one, can only hold a certain number of cards. The top row can hold seven cards, the others can hold two cards. (In the original game, the bottom row can only hold three card, thus limiting the number of cards in the game to 20. This "limitation" is not present in KVocTrain.)

In the bottom row are the questions that have yet to be asked and the questions that have previously been answered incorrectly. When a question is answered correctly, it is removed from the row it was in and moved to the back of row above. If answered incorrectly, the card is moved to the back of the bottom row. If the row a card is placed in exceed the maximum number of cards for that row, the next question is taken from the front of that row, else the question is taken from the front of the bottom row. A card is removed from the game when it would otherwise be moved to the fifth row, i.e. it has been answering correctly while located in the top row.

Query thresholds


Query thresholds

With this dialog you determine which entries are included in the next selection for random query.

Important

If you have activated the blocking mechanism on the next dialog page, the thresholds from Grade, Query count, Bad count and Last query are disabled and not taken into account.

Lesson

Designate which lessons to include or leave out. An arbitrary number of lessons can be selected for the calculation.

For convenience there are two additional buttons to selected all entries or none.

Starting with version 0.7.0 this part is stored with the document instead of storing globally.

Word type

Select the word type. KVocTrain does not pay any attention to subtypes.

Grade

The same for the grade.

Query count

Choose how often the selection must be queried.

Bad count

The same for the amount of times the entry was not known.

Last query

Include queries before or within the given time span.

Entries which have not been queried yet are always included if you choose before.

Entries are only included if all conditions are fulfilled. If you want a property to be ignored, choose Do not care for it.

Blocking and expiring


Query blocking

On this page you select the time, an known entry is excluded from queries resp. when it must be queried at the latest.

There are two conditions which must be fulfilled, otherwise you will be shown an according warning:

  • The time must increase from level to level

  • The time for blocking must be less than for expiring in the same level.

If at least one of blocking or expiring is active, the thresholds from Grade, Query count, Bad count and Last query on the previous dialog page are not taken into account.

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