Choose the smallest useful question
Read a short passage and identify its separate ideas. A paragraph about a river might cover its source, route and mouth; those are different questions, not one instruction to describe everything. Ask for one fact, comparison or explanation at a time. Include enough context to distinguish similar terms, but remove wording that gives away the answer. If two answers could reasonably fit, revise the prompt before practicing it.
Write an answer you can judge
Keep the answer concise while preserving necessary conditions and units. For a rectangle, ask how to calculate area when length and width are known, and answer length multiplied by width, in square units. A separate card can ask why the units are squared. For vocabulary, include a short example showing the intended meaning instead of accepting every possible translation. Note the source page or lesson so disagreements can be resolved later.
Test the wording before adding more
Try your first few cards without looking at their backs. If you miss a card because the question is vague, repair it rather than treating the result as a knowledge gap. If the answer contains a long list, split it unless recalling the full list is genuinely the task. Ask a classmate to interpret one prompt aloud. Their interpretation can expose missing context that feels obvious only because you wrote the card yourself.
Take it with you
- Give each card one answerable task.
- Keep conditions, units and source references where needed.
- Repair confusing wording before growing the collection.
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