Hey! So, you have been taking notes throughout your semester, but just rereading them whenever you need them. However, recent studies show that active recall is the most important part of studying. People who engage in active recall remember about 80 percent of the material they studied, compared to 34 percent of students who passively go back to their notes.
So, how can you turn your notes into effective flashcards? The first step is to gather all of your notes on a specific subject. This includes material from your notebook, research papers, or even slides. Once you have everything in one place, it’s easier to start making flashcards.
Break your notes into smaller chunks of information. This will make it easier to create flashcards and avoid character limits. Identify the key points from your notes and write them down in a document or notebook.
Now, let’s distill our notes by removing exercises and examples. Once you have identified the key points, we can start generating good and bad examples of questions that we want to make.
To do this, we can use a tool like StrategyPT. Feed it some examples of good and bad questions based on your notes. StrategyPT will generate questions and answers based on the examples.
Verify if the questions are atomic and make any necessary changes. You can also format the questions and answers in a way that is suitable for flashcards on Anki.
By using this process, you can turn your notes into effective flashcards. Remember, the quality of your notes will affect the quality of the questions and answers generated. So, make sure to take the time to create great notes.
Finally, it’s important to import these questions and answers into Anki to incorporate flashcards into your study routine. This video will show you step-by-step how to do that. Happy studying!
