Choose a Card type for your question

Choose a Card type based on the kind of answer you want to practise.

Pick the kind of practice

• Basic: Ask for a reasoned explanation. For example, compare a sudden sodium-channel block with a slower loss of ion gradients when ATP falls.
• Cloze: Hide key parts of a connected idea, such as what changes first, what changes later, and how a pump maintains the difference.
• Typed answer: Ask for a short answer with clear parts, such as the first effect, later effect, and a measurement that can tell them apart.
• Progressive list: Ask for ordered steps, such as how to set up and read an experiment that separates two possible causes. The Card editor calls this type List.

Practise both directions

For a Basic Card, turn on Include reverse direction when the question and answer make useful questions both ways. Leave it off when reversing the answer would make a confusing question.

See how to make a Basic Card, Cloze Card, Typed answer Card, or List Card.