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Studying Architectural Precedents in our Digital Age  \nAuthor Deirdre L.C. Hennebury, PhD  \nLawrence Technological University, Southfield + Detroit, Michigan  \n1. Introduction  \nLearning architectural history is an essential component of the architect’s education. In and out of the studio, students are asked to examine and interpret complex compositions, be it in painting, architecture, sculpture, or photography, and how these come together to make meaning. When properly applied within design studios, the benefits of a strong grasp of historical precedents are clear. Learning and memorizing the exemplars provided in our curricular canons, however, is no small task. While most educators apply a multi-pronged pedagogical approach, one tool that has traditionally proven helpful for students is the flashcard. This paper looks at the traditional flashcard, its digital descendent, and its application as a learning resource for the student of architecture. The topic exploration is extended by looking at best learning practices from several other disciplines—Law, Language Acquisition, and Education—where copious memorization is needed and where flashcards have often been deployed. The benefits and drawbacks of this teaching and learning tool are addressed in each case. Finally, the paper suggests several strategies to encourage the educator to better leverage the potential of this tool in our digital age.  \n2. Didactic Tools + Contexts  \n2.1 Traditional approaches  \nFlashcards are traditionally defined as a card with words and images etc., used as an aid to learning. Specifically, they have been a tool for memorization and have long been a part of architecture students'repertoire of learning resources. The primary tool was the 3x5 index card with a building or site name on one side and notes and sketches on the other (Figure 1) .  \nFigure 1. Architectural History Flashcard Desk. Author. NCBDS 00:34  University of Cincinnati 2018  \nThe source material used to build these decks came from textbooks and from Study Rooms, spaces full of drawings and photographs curated by a teaching assistant or professor to support the classroom learning objectives (Figure 2) . Lining the walls and organized by class section, these would be dutifully sketched, sometimes on index cards for flashcards, and often accompanied by notations and personal mnemonic devices. With time short due to limited library hours, the student would rush, planning to return frequently to solidify their visual literacy in preparation for the “building/site recognition” tests that lay ahead.  \nFigure 2. Prints, Drawings & Photographs Study Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art. creative [commons. org](commons. org).  \nWhile the effort to construct (draw and write) the flashcards and to cross-pollinate the Study Room materials with lecture notes and textbook findings is significant to learning, essential to the success of flashcard use is repetitive practice or spaced repetition; the process of engaging with the cards in an ongoing, deliberate manner. This strategy requires significant self-motivation and discipline on the part of the student with minimal opportunity for instructor oversight or even encouragement.  \nFundamental to the theory of spaced repetition is the idea of the “forgetting curve,” an idea thought up by the German psychologist Herman Ebbinghaus in the late 19th century (Figure 3) . It describes the rate at which you forget something once you learn it, either for the first time or after reviewing (Sonnad, 2018) .  \nThe forgetting curve slopes steeply downward after you first learn something. Through review and repetition, however, the curve can be softened. Flashcards offer an easy and versatile tool for the exercise of spaced repetition in a variety of subjects.  \nNCBDS 00:34  University of Cincinnati 2018  \nFigure 3 The Forgetting Curve. creative [commons. org](commons. org).  \nIn addition to the ability to individualize the flashc","cbCaiiAiJ1Ohh4e7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiAiJ1Ohh4e7","pdf",1021207,"English","# Introduction\n## Didactic Tools + Contexts\n### Traditional approaches\n### The Digital Turn","[{\"question\":\"Why are historical precedents important in architectural education?\",\"answer\":\"Students must learn to examine and interpret complex compositions across visual disciplines and derive meaning from them. A strong grasp of historical precedents supports this learning when properly applied in design studios.\"},{\"question\":\"What advantages and limitations do traditional sketch flashcards have?\",\"answer\":\"Traditional flashcards support memorization through repetitive practice and can be portable and personalized with sketches and mnemonics. Limitations include the effort needed to build the decks and reliance on sustained self-motivation, with limited instructor oversight.\"},{\"question\":\"How do digital flashcards change the flashcard approach for architecture students?\",\"answer\":\"Digital formats can include multimedia and interactive elements and provide access to teacher- and student-created decks beyond library hours. They also shift the learning scenario toward online images and readily available tools, expanding usability while reducing barriers to entry.\"}]","Whither the Sketched Flashcard? - Studying Architectural Precedents in our Digital Age | PDF"]