Flash Card Making Tips
Flash cards are a great way to summarise your notes, learn definitions and answer single sentence questions. They are good for true and false test questions.
Example of a definition flashcard:
Side 1: Dyslexia ( put the key term in the middle of the card).
Side 2:
1. Impaired ability to learn to read.
2. A learning disability in which a person finds it difficult to read and write.
You may like to include a picture of a person reading a book! (Having a picture to go with you definition helps you make visual links with the key word.)
Tips for making good flashcards:
- Use a reasonable size card and write legibly!
- Don’t try to cram too much information onto one card. (The general rule is no more than five key ideas).
- Always try to understand what the concept or definition before you write a flash card for it.
- Where possible use your own words, never just copy! (I know it is tempting to just copy!)
- If you are writing flash cards by hand, draw a picture of symbol that might help you recall the information more easily.
- Test yourself often and make a pile of the ones you might struggle with memorising and review these more often.
- Get a friend or family member to test you.
- Most of your time should be spend learning the flash cards, not creating them!
The Flashcard Machine
The flashcard machine is a free web application that enables users to create interactive web-based study flash cards and share them with others. It is easy to use and user-friendly.
There are several groups of flash cards up on this site with various VCE subjects already in the data base!
Website: flash card machine