What is a flashcard?
A flashcard (or flash card) is essentially a note card with a question on one side and the corresponding answer on the other side. You can learn and repeat pieces of information by reading the question and trying to recall the answer. You can then check if your answer was correct by flipping the card.
If you have for example a flashcard saying: “What is the capital of Norway?”
You would write “Oslo” on the back side.
This also works the other way around. You can look at the answer and try to recall the associated question:
When you see the word “Oslo” on your card you can try to remember where this city is located and what status it has. Ah, right. Oslo is the capital of Norway.
In a spaced repetition software a flashcard is simply two text fields which contain information. The benefits of using flashcard software over real flashcards are multiple:
- You can easily change the cards without having to rewrite them.
- You can add easily different fonts or write in non-English fonts such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian etc.
- You can easily add multimedia content such as images, sounds or even movies.
- It is very easy to duplicate the cards and change the copy.
- They don’t tear or break.
- The dog can’t eat them
Are you curious about trying a spaced repetition flashcard software? Flashcard Learner will not disappoint you. It is user-friendly and easy to use.
