One source.
A reference you can check.

The question, before the tools

How does the 2007 IES practice guide distinguish spaced review from quizzing? The source was chosen to demonstrate traceable reading notes. It is a dated research synthesis, not a current survey of every study technique or an evaluation of these products.

The path through the work

1. Read the source

   Read the official IES report, its title/citation pages and recommendations. Recorded 2007 publication date and NCER 2007-2004. The PDF is a practice guide/evidence synthesis, not a new experiment.

   passed

2. Import and correct a reference

   Zotero 10.0.6 imported one RIS item. The report number initially appeared in Extra; it was copied into Report Number before bibliography generation. The generated APA 7 HTML contains the identifier and all seven authors.

   passed with a recorded correction

3. Draft a traceable outline

   Created a private Google Docs document using original demonstration text; saved to Drive and downloaded its native TXT export. The text includes source URL, recommendation/page references, outline and scope. No live Zotero citation integration was tested.

   passed within scope

4. Import and reveal revision cards

   Anki 26.09.3 preview mapped Tab-separated Front and Back. All three notes were added to a dedicated example deck. Opened the first question and revealed the answer, preserving its source and printed page reference. No recall grade was recorded.

   passed within scope

What the reading supports

The guide rates spaced learning as moderate evidence and its recommendation 5b about re-exposure through quizzes as strong evidence. Its pre-question recommendation 5a has a different rating. The outline and cards keep those statements separate. They do not claim Anki produced those findings.

Printed page numbers and PDF viewer page numbers differ: recommendation 1 begins on printed page 5 and recommendation 5b on printed page 21. Check the contents and the original passage rather than copying a viewer page number into a citation.

Inspect the input and the output

Read the execution receipt and file hashes →

Repeat the check with your own reading

1. Read the assignment and course policy. Choose a source you are allowed to use.
2. Verify title, authors, date and identifier against the original. Import one record, then inspect the fields.
3. Give each outline section a claim, a source passage and an unresolved question.
4. Write a few revision questions you can answer from that source. Preview the import mapping before adding them.
5. Open a card and inspect the complete answer. Keep a source reference and correct any ambiguity before using the deck.

This is a suggested repeat procedure, not a timed promise. A source can require substantially more reading and checking than the small fixture here.

What remains untested

No student work or private course material was uploaded. No paid provider, trial, AI response, sync, collaboration, mobile app or long-term scheduling was tested. The Google account edition was not established. The Zotero connector was not installed and its live Google Docs integration was not exercised: the outline was a separate native document.

The products perform different steps. This is not a head-to-head winner, a grade-improvement claim or a new numerical ranking. For Elicit, Grammarly and Gemini Notebook, the linked assessments remain source-based.

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