Flashcards

Ever been given a list of terms to study for a big test coming up? Ever tried to study by just reading over the list a million times, trying to remember what the terms are, and maybe writing little notes in the margins of the study guide? I definitely have. And let me tell you, it's not the most effective way to study.

Ever taken the same list, laboriously copied each term out on one side of an index card, and wrote the definition and key facts concerning the term on the other side? Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Flashcards are a bit annoying to make, but they're definitely worth it. I study a lot, lot better whenever I have the aid of flashcards. 

The majority of my afternoon today was spent copying out 74 such flashcards for my Communications midterm, which I am going to be taking tomorrow. I don't know yet how well I'm going to do on the test, but I do know that the study method I'm using will do me good when I'm sitting at that desk in the testing center. :)