I haven't studied this issue much, but was surprised to hear on one of the learning scientists podcasts that generating cards may not be very useful for learnin

I haven't studied this issue much, but was surprised to hear on one of the learning scientists podcasts that generating cards may not be very useful for learning / consolidation. (It was in one of their first 6 episodes, not sure what to think of the claim) http://www.learningscientists.org/podcast-episodes http://www.learningscientists.org/podcast-episodes