How to Learn With Flash Cards
The best way to learn facts is by repetition and drilling yourself in the material. This can be monotonous, but often there is no other way to commit facts to memory. Flash cards are an effective tool for learning and memorizing a variety of subject matter. If there are facts to learn, make your own flash cards and use them to drill yourself in the information and commit it to memory.
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Make flash cards out of index cards to learn the material. Write the main concept to be learned in large, bold letters on one side of the index cards with the black marker; write the answer in pencil on the opposite side to ensure that the answer is not visible through the card.
An example of a flash card question:
5 x 3 =
The answer on the other side:
15
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Use the flash cards to drill yourself. Look at the main-concept side and formulate the answer to yourself without looking at the answer side. Then flip the card over to check your answer. If you were correct, place the card in one pile. If you were incorrect, place the card in another pile.
Review the flash cards in the "incorrect" pile after you have completed all the cards.
You can also do this flash card drill with a helper.
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Repeat Step 2 as often as necessary to learn the material. Mix up the cards periodically to increase the challenge.
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Play flash-card war with a friend. Place the flash cards in a pile between you. Take turns answering the question on the top flash card. If the answer is correct, the player takes the flash card. If the answer is incorrect, the other player attempts to answer and takes the card if his answer is correct. Continue play until all the flash cards have been answered. The winner is the player with the most flash cards.
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