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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Digital Flashcards: Do Students Use Them Effectively?

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Cognitive Psychology

  • Inez Zung
    UCSD
  • Megan Imundo
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Steven Pan
    University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

A large survey (n=901) was conducted to investigate how students use digital flashcards, an increasingly popular learning tool. Results indicate students use digital flashcards to self-test and space out study, but may not fully consider the consequences of freely available premade digital flashcard sets that vary widely in accuracy.

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