Community reviews for Quizlet

Quizlet allows students to make their own flashcards or select from lots of pre made flashcards from hundreds of subject areas. Students can access their flashcards from mobile devices for studying on the go. Advanced options allow students to add images or or sound to their flashcards. A new approach to the notecard style flashcards we all grew up with.

This site is a great study tool for any age. Teachers can also create groups for specific classes and assign certain study sets. Tests(from each study set) can be taken and printed from the website.

Quizlet is a fun way for students to memorize their vocabulary terms. I especially like the smartphone app. This allows students to study while commuting to and from school. The students can create quizzes, but you will find quizzes already created for you. While it is not 100% reliable, I teach my students to check for reliability before they begin studying. Once the information is inputted Quizlet will generate a test for you, play a game, or use the flashcard feature. As a teacher I love being able to regenerate the test in different formats. The only difficult part is scrolling through the many quizzes that have been created. Quizlet needs to improve the navigation feature as more and more quizzes are being created daily.

I create a list of vocabulary words and definitions for every section of notes. I give my students the url for Quizlet and they go on to the website to review vocabulary.

This is great for vocabulary review.

Quizlet serves to support general review needs. This flash card site allows teachers to create and share customized flash cards specific to the content they are teaching. As an added bonus, Quizlet makes games out of your flash card content allowing students to review and play! Quizlet sets are shareable by URL and can be placed on teacher websites and can be embedded as well. Providing students with your username allows them to search for your account and practice your Quizlet sets.

If you can review, edit and control the quality of flashcard content well, students can be assigned different sets of material to prepare for review. Great for basic rote memorization work with key vocabulary.

Quizlet has a team of people actively working to improve their product for teacher/student use. Over the course of the 2013-14 school year they have made significant updates to their site and how it can be used, making it a more powerful teaching/learning tool. Like any tool, an individual can use it poorly or well but that does not diminish the potential and quality of what Quizlet has going right now.

The uses for Quizlet in and out of the classroom are endless. Yes, it uses the simple concept of creating and flashing flashcards; however, it does it in a sneaky way that students find less obnoxious than creating physical flashcards. There will always be facts to learn. Learning facts is at the foundation of the pyramid of learning. Does Quizlet promote higher levels of thinking? Probably not (though, if used creatively it certainly can). Does it provide a foundation for higher thinking? Most definitely.

Quizlet would work for any grade level for practice and repetition.