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Teacher Review for Brainscape - Smart Flashcards

Isaac P.
Technology coordinator

My Subjects English Language Arts, English-Language Learning, Social Studies

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time 5-15 minutes

Great for Homework
Individual
Knowledge gain
Student-driven work

Great with ELL
Low literacy
Special needs

How I Use It

I use it mainly when I need help memorizing stuff through repetition. It can be used as a set or multiple sets of flashcards to review important concepts, or for users to create their own sets of flashcards recapping on what they learned in a lesson or unit.

My Take

The tool seems to be mainly useful to aid memorization of concepts. As a creation tool, kids could use it to create their own flashcards for self-review or self-reflection on what they learned in a unit or lesson. It comes with Premium sets of flashcards. Some of those are very pricey, while other ones are free, but still very useful (e.g. keyboard shortcuts). In terms of Bloom's taxonomy, it doesn't seem to foster critical thinking. It rather fosters recalling of terms and concepts.

Flashcard tool to review, process, and memorize concepts and terms with pricey in-app purchases.

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