Study sheet for early years educator training · Communication / German
Early years educator training flashcard: 17 learning methods: be active
Methods range from highlighting and videos to mind maps, flashcards, brain dumps, explaining and practice tests. The more actively knowledge is retrieved, explained and tested, the stronger learning usually becomes.
Looking again is passive; retrieval, explanation and self-testing are more effective.
Key professional terms
Aktives Abrufen
Recalling without a prompt
Brain Dump
Writing down everything remembered
Spickzettel-Methode
Condensing content step by step
Example from early years practice
Read a text, create flashcards, explain it to a partner and finish with self-written questions.
Memory sentence
„Looking helps; retrieving, explaining and testing work better.“
Last professionally reviewed: 4 September 2026