Welcome to another issue of Physics Tips Daily - the free eZine to provide tips and tricks for students to survive and excel in physics.
Today's topic is how to use a deck of playing cards as an amazing study tool, read on ...
Buy a deck of paper-based poker cards with blank spaces on one side. Come up with a list of keys - things you need to know in your physics course such as key concepts, equations, terms, etc.
This will work better for you than the regular 3x5 index cards. The Poker deck has some unique advantages as a study aid.
First, it limits you to 54 cards - 54 keys to remember. It also forces you to write the concise keys because of the limited space on each card. I've seen the overuse of flash cards, cramming everything into the 3x5 space and making a textbook on the cards, which defeats the real purpose of flash cards - a condensed list of your memory keys.
Secondly, the poker card has a natural priority order built-in already. Write the keys on each card. Use the face cards (10, J, Q, and K) cards and Aces for more important or harder keys and the rest for less important or easier keys, in order.
Moreover, you can associate a poker picture to a given concept. For example, the ace of spades may be for "Newton's law of gravitation FG=Gm1m^2/d^2". You can recall this key term by relating the poker picture to it. Newton is a key figure in physics so he's like an ace. Also, he was notorious for disputes with his academic rivals so you might imagine him clubbing his intellectual opponents. It may seem odd, but these unusual associations really stick for many students. This approach is based on the memory technique called the Method of Loci.
Finally, here is my favorite part - the smaller and round-cornered poker deck is much easier to put in your pocket than the bigger, sharp-edged 3x5 cards.
Recite the deck daily. Separate them into two piles, A and B, with rubber bands - "A" contains the keys that you have mastered and memorized, "B" keeps the keys that you need to work on more. Over time, your A pile will get bigger as the B pile shrinks as you master all the keys. Believe me, it will be a major boost to your confidence when you walk into the final exam.
Tip of the day: Use flash cards.
That should do it for today.
Keep it up with your study. "See" you tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Seize the Day!
Wayne Huang, PhD
http://www.RapidLearningCenter.com
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