Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards
Study tip (Ask, answer, flip): Front: the question or cue (“Capital of Kerala?”). Back: the answer (“Thiruvananthapuram”). Good habits: one fact per card, answer first then flip, shuffle the deck, more practice on misses, make your own cards. Poor habits: a whole page per card, flipping straight away, the same order always, only the easy cards.
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- 1.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 2.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) you think as you write
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) answer first, then flip (c) making your own cards (d) one fact per card
- 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 6.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip
- 7.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) hide it for a month (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
- 8.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 10.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) take in water (c) mice (d) modern
- 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
- 12.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to make it messy (c) to lose some (d) to finish faster
- 13.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
- 14.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Formula for speed?
- 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) a question on the front (d) making your own cards
- 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 17.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) distance ÷ time (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) What do roots do?
- 18.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
- 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
- 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 23.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a full page (c) a whole chapter (d) one fact or idea
- 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) modern (c) 56 (d) Formula for speed?
- 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
- 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 28.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it looks smart (c) it is faster (d) it is active recall
- 29.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
- 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) answer first, then flip
- 35.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards
- 36.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) modern
- 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 38.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) a question on the front
- 39.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) modern (c) mice (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) more practice on misses (d) a whole page per card
Answer key
- the front
- False
- you think as you write
- never testing yourself
- a good flashcard habit
- answer first, then flip
- see it again sooner
- False
- a poor flashcard habit
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- the back
- so order gives no clue
- more practice on misses
- 56
- reading both sides
- the front
- What do roots do?
- the cards you missed
- a good flashcard habit
- the back
- a poor flashcard habit
- a good flashcard habit
- one fact or idea
- Formula for speed?
- a poor flashcard habit
- flipping straight away
- a good flashcard habit
- it is active recall
- True
- True
- one fact per card
- the front
- only the easy cards
- flipping straight away
- the same order always
- modern
- a poor flashcard habit
- a question on the front
- Plural of “mouse”?
- a whole page per card
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