We'd wager thatmillionsof students use flashcards every day. In survey research of student study strategies, more than 20% of K-12 students and 50% of college students report using flashcards.
1)Retrieve: Students shouldmake sure they are retrievingthe answer. Write down the answer or say it out loud beforeflipping the card over.
2)Re-order: Students should shuffle their deck each time they go through it to challenge themselves withspacingandinterleaving.
3) Repeat: Students should keep cards in their deck until they’vecorrectly retrieved it three times. Just because a student retrieved an item once doesn’t mean they “get it.”
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