flash cards

Portable quiz slips

Flash cards are study aids consisting of cards with information on both sides—typically a question, term, or prompt on one side and the answer or definition on the other.

Students flip through them to memorize vocabulary, facts, or concepts through repetition: She made flash cards for her Spanish exam.

Also spelled as one word: flashcards.

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Academic subject manual

lecture · documentary · audiobook · classroom instruction · tutorial video

information structure

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Academic subject manual

encyclopedia · treatise · monograph · narrative · dissertation

learning approach

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Learning through direct engagement

apprenticeship · immersion · Socratic dialogue · discovery learning · passive listening

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G