Flashcard Generator

In short Flashcards work because of two effects that are among the best evidenced in learning research: retrieval practice, where the act of pulling an answer from memory strengthens it far more than rereading, and spaced repetition, where reviewing at increasing intervals fixes it for longer. Both depend on the card being answerable from memory, which is what makes card design matter more than card quantity. One fact per card. A card asking three things is answered partially and scored wrongly either way. Ask a question rather than showing a topic, because "the causes of the 1929 crash" prompts recognition and "what were the three main causes of the 1929 crash" prompts retrieval. And write cards from your own notes rather than importing someone else's, since the act of turning material into questions is itself most of the learning. Anki and Quizlet both import plain text with a consistent separator, which is why the export formats here are what they are — one card per line, question and answer divided by a tab or a comma.