Quizlet Vocabulary Study Techniques

Quizlet Vocabulary Study Techniques

Frequent Short Burst Study Sessions – Study two times or three times a day for no more ten or fifteen minutes each study session for the four days leading up to the test.   This is far superior to trying to cram at the kitchen table for three hours the night before.  Repeated exposure builds long term memory.

Read it, Say it, Gesture It – Hearing the words spoken out loud will help to lock it in.  Better yet, invent a sentence ant attempt to use the word properly in the sentence.  Then, create a physical gesture or movement that ties to the word.  For example, if the words was “Narcisism” you could pretend to hold a mirror and brush your hair.

Visual Thinking Anchor – Create a picture in your mind, or even draw it out, for each item on the list.  This visual representation becomes like an anchor that helps lock in the concept.

Hand Write the Words & Definitions – The act of physically copying and saying the words out loud helps many students to get the ideas into their brains.

Divide and Conquer – Break the list into two piles:  the words you already know and are comfortable with, and the words that you don’t know.  Spend the majority of your time focusing on the words you don’t know.  This is a much more efficient use of your time.  Study smart, don’t study hard.

Play Quizlet Video Games – Quizlet has a number of games to help you learn the words and definitions.  Use them all.  Some students will even SKYPE with their friends and compete online together to get high scores.

Use the “Incremental Rehearsal” Method - Incremental Rehearsal is a very effective step-by-step system that helps students use Flash Cards to study information (Google it)

Study with a Friend or Family Member – Being socially engaged with your work can help make studying more enjoyable and fun!  Plus, having another set of eyes on the material can provide for spontaneous advice or insights.

Pneumonic Devices – Make word associations can help to organize and remember complex information. 

Pick Out Similar Words – Some definitions may be very similar.  Try to identify which words are similar and figure out a way to remember how they are different.  This is a strategy that

Create Your Own Practice Tests – Quizlet has the ability to create tests in different formats at home.  You can even print out multiple versions of the exact same format of the test we use in class and take practice tests at home.  This will help eliminate confusion about the structure of the test so that you can focus on the ideas and not the method of assessment itself.

Process of Elimination – If you have to guess, eliminate all of the obvious wrong answers in order to narrow the field to the best possible options.  For the matching test, this can mean crossing off each definition or word after you use it as an answer.  This may seem obvious, but a surprising number of students don’t use this technique.