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