flashcards r they helpful

[bumblebee29]

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do u guys find making flashcards helpful while studying? how do i go about making an ideal flash card ? oral medicine & radiology is something for which i really need to make flashcards coz i think its really volatile..

 

[Vapor1122]

They never did anything for me.

 

[reapply2007]

Hand made flashcards take time to make and time to memorize. Commercial flashcards usually do not follow course content closely enough to be helpful for class tests but typically do well for board prep. Most students memorize the powerpoints, reading other materials as a backup. Sometimes you will get lucky and the professor will tell you to read specific company's flashcards.

 

[OG1]

Flash cards were crucial for my studying in dental school. Handwritten cards are way too time-consuming to make, though. They're easy to make on a computer if you just set up a template in Word and use that template every time you need to make a set. Set the margins to narrow, .5" on every side. Set the paper size to 3x5" (index card) setting. Odd pages on your word document will be side 1 of your flash cards, even pages will be the flip side. Save the template document to your desktop or somewhere handy, and then open it and save under a different name once you start putting flash card info into it. This way you won't have to waste time setting it up every time.

Just buy a bunch of 3x5 cards, feed them straight into your printer, print out the odd pages. Flip the cards and repeat for even pages. I've found that Lexmark printers have the best feeding mechanisms, meaning they almost never double feed a card. Even the cheapest Lexmark printer at Wal-Mart will do the job. Print 25 or so cards at a time so you can make sure they aren't double feeding.

People always gawked at my stacks of hundreds of flash cards, but hey, they worked great for me. I didn't use them for every class, but sometimes they worked perfectly, especially when I had to memorize a bunch of old test questions for short answer tests.

 

[bumblebee29]

Flash cards were crucial for my studying in dental school. Handwritten cards are way too time-consuming to make, though. They're easy to make on a computer if you just set up a template in Word and use that template every time you need to make a set. Set the margins to narrow, .5" on every side. Set the paper size to 3x5" (index card) setting. Odd pages on your word document will be side 1 of your flash cards, even pages will be the flip side. Save the template document to your desktop or somewhere handy, and then open it and save under a different name once you start putting flash card info into it. This way you won't have to waste time setting it up every time.

Just buy a bunch of 3x5 cards, feed them straight into your printer, print out the odd pages. Flip the cards and repeat for even pages. I've found that Lexmark printers have the best feeding mechanisms, meaning they almost never double feed a card. Even the cheapest Lexmark printer at Wal-Mart will do the job. Print 25 or so cards at a time so you can make sure they aren't double feeding.

People always gawked at my stacks of hundreds of flash cards, but hey, they worked great for me. I didn't use them for every class, but sometimes they worked perfectly, especially when I had to memorize a bunch of old test questions for short answer tests.

thanx a tonne! dats exactly wat i was looking for..

 

[robhmnt]

Flash cards were crucial for my studying in dental school. Handwritten cards are way too time-consuming to make, though. They're easy to make on a computer if you just set up a template in Word and use that template every time you need to make a set. Set the margins to narrow, .5" on every side. Set the paper size to 3x5" (index card) setting. Odd pages on your word document will be side 1 of your flash cards, even pages will be the flip side. Save the template document to your desktop or somewhere handy, and then open it and save under a different name once you start putting flash card info into it. This way you won't have to waste time setting it up every time.

Just buy a bunch of 3x5 cards, feed them straight into your printer, print out the odd pages. Flip the cards and repeat for even pages. I've found that Lexmark printers have the best feeding mechanisms, meaning they almost never double feed a card. Even the cheapest Lexmark printer at Wal-Mart will do the job. Print 25 or so cards at a time so you can make sure they aren't double feeding.

People always gawked at my stacks of hundreds of flash cards, but hey, they worked great for me. I didn't use them for every class, but sometimes they worked perfectly, especially when I had to memorize a bunch of old test questions for short answer tests.

Artistic job, but I know it would take a LOT OF TIME for me to do this. It just depends on the person. I buy blank flashcards in stacks of 50 for about $2, and write the questions and answer pretty quickly on both sides. i end up paying about $30 a month for flashcards, but it's worth it. IMO, writting with a pen also helps the memory retention far better than typing. I do type my notes during lecture to get the most of what is said, but I have noticed, I could remember much more from the class when I used to take notes in a notebook. One might also suggest recording the lectures, but you really won't have time to go back listening to lectures again. To sum it up, I take notes on my labtop and write the tricky stuff on blank flashcards that I buy .

 

[angelnyc89]

Flash cards were crucial for my studying in dental school. Handwritten cards are way too time-consuming to make, though. They're easy to make on a computer if you just set up a template in Word and use that template every time you need to make a set. Set the margins to narrow, .5" on every side. Set the paper size to 3x5" (index card) setting. Odd pages on your word document will be side 1 of your flash cards, even pages will be the flip side. Save the template document to your desktop or somewhere handy, and then open it and save under a different name once you start putting flash card info into it. This way you won't have to waste time setting it up every time.

Just buy a bunch of 3x5 cards, feed them straight into your printer, print out the odd pages. Flip the cards and repeat for even pages. I've found that Lexmark printers have the best feeding mechanisms, meaning they almost never double feed a card. Even the cheapest Lexmark printer at Wal-Mart will do the job. Print 25 or so cards at a time so you can make sure they aren't double feeding.

People always gawked at my stacks of hundreds of flash cards, but hey, they worked great for me. I didn't use them for every class, but sometimes they worked perfectly, especially when I had to memorize a bunch of old test questions for short answer tests.

I think thats really helpful and neat.

 

[DivaDent]

I have a flashcard app on my iPod. You make your own cards and you can put pictures on them, which I plan to use for Histo ID quizzes. It's more convenient than carrying around a stack of index cards. I actually used this app when I was preparing for my interviews. I just put different questions on there, shuffled them and gave my answer. It was very helpful and inexpensive (given you already own an iPod/iPhone).