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==How should I card <thing>?==
 
==How should I card <thing>?==
 
Your mileage may vary but here are some reasonable approaches for various common things that one might want to card.
 
Your mileage may vary but here are some reasonable approaches for various common things that one might want to card.
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This topic is also discussed in the following section(s):
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# [[How to flashcard#Learn the types of cards|Learn the types of cards]]
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==I keep failing a card, how can I remember it better?==
 
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Covered in the section [[How to flashcard#Amending old cards|]].
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The platonic ideal of a flashcard contains a single fact on the front which you are able to perfectly associate with the corresponding answer on the back. If you are unable to successfully recall the back, it is time to move away from this template.
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This topic is also discussed in the following section(s):
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# [[How to flashcard#Amending old cards|Amending old cards]]
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# [[How to flashcard#Prepare for lapses|Prepare for lapses]]
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# [[How to flashcard#Bad cards produce bad buzzes|Bad cards produce bad buzzes]]
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Some options - try one (or multiple of these):
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| There may not be enough information on the front of the card for your mind to latch onto - alternatively, you may not have provided enough information for the fact to obviously point towards the answer (or at all). This is particularly common for basic cards like front-back "work-author".
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*the [[pronoun]] of the answer you are looking for
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*the genre of the work being discussed
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*context to make a fact unique (the year it was created, extra information, etc.)
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| [[File:Carding faq1.png]]
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This card is actually not unique, as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_of_the_Mtsensk_District_(novella) the novella by Leskov] was (quite significantly) adapted to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_of_Mtsensk_(opera) an opera by Dmitri Shostakovich]. This can be pretty straightforwardly resolved by saying that this card is referring to the novella.
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| Adding information to the back of a card will not help you the next time you see it, but it may improve your odds every subsequent time. This is, in some sense, an alternative to writing a second card on the same subject - it may make more sense to add information if you are either okay with repeating yourself or if you truly do not believe that you will be tested on that additional fact.
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As a side note, cards created through cloze deletion only sort-of have a back - the closest they get is the contents of any individual cloze.
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| Abandon the card entirely
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| Listen - sometimes you wrote a card and it's not good. I would personally advocate for trying to make it better, but sometimes it's better to replace it with something brand new or just ditch it wholesale.
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Revision as of 22:07, 20 March 2023

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A short frequently-asked questions section meant to accompany How to flashcard. Primarily consists of actionable responses to

How should I card <thing>?

Your mileage may vary but here are some reasonable approaches for various common things that one might want to card.

This topic is also discussed in the following section(s):

  1. Learn the types of cards
Topic Example Additional notes
WIP

I keep failing a card, how can I remember it better?

The platonic ideal of a flashcard contains a single fact on the front which you are able to perfectly associate with the corresponding answer on the back. If you are unable to successfully recall the back, it is time to move away from this template.

This topic is also discussed in the following section(s):

  1. Amending old cards
  2. Prepare for lapses
  3. Bad cards produce bad buzzes

Some options - try one (or multiple of these):

Summary Details Example(s)
Add additional information to the front There may not be enough information on the front of the card for your mind to latch onto - alternatively, you may not have provided enough information for the fact to obviously point towards the answer (or at all). This is particularly common for basic cards like front-back "work-author".

Specific things you might want to add:

  • the pronoun of the answer you are looking for
  • the genre of the work being discussed
  • context to make a fact unique (the year it was created, extra information, etc.)
 Carding faq1.png

This card is actually not unique, as the novella by Leskov was (quite significantly) adapted to an opera by Dmitri Shostakovich. This can be pretty straightforwardly resolved by saying that this card is referring to the novella.

Carding faq2.png

Add additional information to the back Adding information to the back of a card will not help you the next time you see it, but it may improve your odds every subsequent time. This is, in some sense, an alternative to writing a second card on the same subject - it may make more sense to add information if you are either okay with repeating yourself or if you truly do not believe that you will be tested on that additional fact.

As a side note, cards created through cloze deletion only sort-of have a back - the closest they get is the contents of any individual cloze.

Add a new card on the topic
Abandon the card entirely Listen - sometimes you wrote a card and it's not good. I would personally advocate for trying to make it better, but sometimes it's better to replace it with something brand new or just ditch it wholesale. You don't need an demo - just throw it away!
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