Introducing integrated flashcards, starting with Exam SRM. These expert-designed tools leverage active recall and spaced repetition to enhance memory retention and streamline your study experience!
At Coaching Actuaries, we're always looking for new ways to help students find success at every stage of their journey. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce the newest addition to our study tools: flashcards!
We’ve made flashcards even more convenient by integrating them directly into our platform. This new feature is launching this week, starting with our Exam SRM course!
Why flashcards?
Adding flashcards to your actuarial exam toolkit can help you master key concepts and formulas. Flashcards can make studying smoother, more efficient—and more fun.
Flashcards harness two powerful techniques to boost memory retention:
- Active recall challenges your brain to retrieve information, strengthening your understanding and making it easier to access when it matters most.
- Spaced repetition schedules your reviews at ideal intervals, helping lock material into your long-term memory.
Flashcards are, in fact, one of the most effective study tools out there, and there’s science on the “testing effect” to back it up.
And why now?
Your feedback played a major role in our decision to implement flashcards. Many of you shared that you rely on external flashcard tools or even create your own. We wanted to make things easier for you by integrating this resource directly into our platform.
What makes our flashcards unique?
Coaching Actuaries flashcards are designed to help you absorb concepts and formulas while keeping your mind engaged and burnout at bay. They’re special for a few reasons:
- Crafted by experts: Our flashcards were created by our expert coaches to complement our study platform and existing study materials.
- Available on the go: You can use our flashcards to study anytime, anywhere—whether you’re in line for coffee or enjoying a sip of soup on your lunch break.
- Study modes that fit your style: Whether you prefer shuffling concepts or spaced repetition to focus on weaker areas, our flashcards support multiple study modes.
- Categorization made simple: You can create a deck by full sections, subsections, or marked cards, making it easier to zero in on what you need to study most.
It’s all about giving you what you need to retain your learning and make the most of your time.
Which courses get flashcards first?
We’re rolling out flashcards in stages, starting with SRM—a course that’s particularly suited to flashcard study. Beyond SRM, future releases will expand to other courses in this order:
- FAM
- Exam 5
- ALTAM and ASTAM
- PA
- MAS-I and MAS-II
- P and FM
Wherever you are in your actuarial journey, flashcards are coming to support you. Look out for a shiny new icon in your course navigation—it means flashcards have arrived!
And this is just the beginning. As we expand this feature to other courses and gather your feedback, we’ll continue enhancing it to meet your needs.
Our mission is to help you succeed, and this is just one more way we’re making that happen! Flashcards are now available on your Exam SRM course.