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Flash Cards
Religion: any and
all Purpose:
to reinforce familiarity with terms Cognitive
Skills: knowledge
Learning Styles: verbal,
active
Intelligences: linguistic,
Bodily-Kinesthetic, interpersonal (when done in pairs)
Use:
as homework, in classroom For: individuals,
pairs Estimated
time: 30 minutes (or more) to create flashcards, minutes at a time to
review flashcards Materials
needed: index cards, pen or marker (colored markers optional), list
of terms (supplied by instructor) Note:
cards can be created while listening to music The
Activity:
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Teacher
provides students with list of terms related to a given unit of study (e.g.,
for a particular religion)
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Students
are tasked with creating flash cards for themselves (the act of writing the
terms and definitions for themselves can be a reinforcement of familiarity):
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on
the unlined side of an index card, write one word from the list
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on
the other side, write a brief definition or meaning of the word or concept
(students may get these from class lecture, their text book, or research
through other sources such as the Web)
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Cards
can be color coded for different units of study (use different colored
cards or simply use colored markers to color code the borders of the cards
and/or the terms themselves)
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Students
should carry these cards with them to class
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Students
working alone or in pairs can review these cards during the course of their
study or in preparation for a test. This can be done at home or in class (a
good use of a few extra minutes at the end of a class session).
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Terms
that they know well can be placed in one pile.
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Terms
that they are unsure of can be placed in another pile and reviewed until
they know them well.
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Terms
that they do not know or continue to get wrong can be placed in a third
pile until these terms advance to the second pile and, ultimately, all
cards are in the pile of terms they know well.
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Students
can create other motivational games such as giving each other points or
candy prizes (e.g. m&ms) for correctly identifying a term. To
encourage guesses that may actually be correct, two candies can be taken
away for giving up without a guess, only one is taken for guessing
incorrectly.
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Cards
can also be used in reverse: review the definition and try to identify the
term. Working in pairs, one card can be held up between two students. The
one reading the definition tries to identify the term, the one reading
term tries to identify the definition.
Alternative
possibilities: any topic that is term heavy can use flash cards to reinforce familiarity with terms.
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