Foundation course flashcards

FOUNDATION COURSE FLASHCARDS

The benefits of using flashcards in Job Corps Foundation Courses

Why use flashcards?• We’re forgetful!

• 75% loss of memory within 48 hours if information is not repeated

• Studying before forgetting makes the brain remember longer

Why use flashcards?

• Active recall

• Space learning

• Self-reflection

Flashcard Components

What does a good flashcard look like?

Front

Back

Front

Back

A mission is something like a job or an assignment. It’s the major thing you’re supposed to do. For a business, it’s why they exist. Job Corps’ Mission is to do everything possible to get us ready to be successful in a career and in life.

Lower Left Quadrant

Lower Right Quadrant

Upper Right Quadrant

No prefixes, suffixes, or roots

A = Attract young peopleE = teach Employment skillsI = teach Independent Living skillsO = find good Occupations/jobs U = University or more education

Upper Left Quadrant

Back

Front

Back

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Tournaments and Games

Reviewing vocabulary

Using Flashcards•Individual review

•Work Teams

•As a review game

•Study Groups

Blank Body Game

Skeleton/Heart Relay

Bodlish(imaginary word game)

Anatomy “Spanglish”

Video demonstration ORExamples

• If it is 0° Celsius, my dermo is not sweating.

• Please move your ulna and radius so I can put these books down.

• Girl, you are putting weight on those iliums!

Flashcards

Somalingua(imaginary medical terms game)

• Medical terminology• Prefixes• Suffixes• Roots• Connecting vowels

• Create new, imaginary words• Examples:

• Diplo (double) + blepharo (eyelid) = diploblepharo(double eyelid)

• Macrobrachitis – large arm inflammation• Orthopedosis – condition of a straight foot

Somalingua(imaginary medical terms game)

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