Introduction to Quizlet

Introduction to Quizlet Part 1

Whether you are a student studying for midterm exams or an individual trying to learn a new language, Quizlet can help you take on the task of learning something new. Quizlet is an application/website made to help users learn.  It can improve grades and increase memory retention and promotes studying smarter not hard. With +200,000,000 study sets on their site users can easily find any information they need. What does Quizlet do to improve learning?

Quizlet provides seven study techniques to help users learn: Flashcards, Learn, Write, Spell, Test, Match, and Gravity. Lets go in depth with each technique about what they do and where they help.

Flashcards

Flashcards are the most used technique.  This is where a question is on one side of a virtual flashcard for users to solve and the solution is provided on the back of the card. Flashcards are a great way to learn a new language by putting a foreign word on the term side of a flashcard and the translation on the definition side.  This is also great for learning key terms or vocabulary.

Learn

This is one of Quizlet's newest techniques to improve the speed and depth of learning. Learn works by progressively making later questions harder so users' retain more information from more stimulating questions. Having multiple choice questions turned into 'write the answer' questions.  If a question is missed then Learn will put that question on a future round for users to try again.

Write

Users are given a term, definition, or picture followed with a blank line to type in the correct answer. After the expected answer is inserted into the blank line the user submits that answer and Quizlet displays whether the submitted response is correct.  If not, the application will show the correct answer below your answer. This technique is great for studying longer definitions or learning the correct response to images.


-Donald Goode, SCS Student Technician