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.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they are cheaper (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
- 2.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) a question on the front (c) a whole page per card (d) reading both sides
- 5.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
- 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
- 10.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) reading both sides
- 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) reading both sides (c) more practice on misses (d) a question on the front
- 13.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a whole chapter (c) a full page (d) ten facts
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
- 15.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) hide it for a month (d) see it again sooner
- 16.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) shuffling the deck (d) answer first, then flip
- 17.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) What do roots do? (c) 56 (d) modern
- 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
- 22.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the cards you know (c) the cards you missed (d) the newest only
- 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 24.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 56 (c) modern (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 26.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) take in water (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) What do roots do?
- 27.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 56 (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 29.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 31.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) flipping straight away (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) the same order always (d) answer first, then flip
- 34.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
- 36.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (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) one fact per card
- 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) reading both sides (d) answer first, then flip
Answer key
- you think as you write
- the front
- the front
- a question on the front
- False
- only the easy cards
- never testing yourself
- the front
- the back
- more practice on misses
- a poor flashcard habit
- reading both sides
- one fact or idea
- making your own cards
- see it again sooner
- never testing yourself
- True
- False
- True
- What do roots do?
- the back
- the cards you missed
- a poor flashcard habit
- False
- 7 × 8 = ?
- take in water
- 56
- the front
- True
- a good flashcard habit
- True
- making your own cards
- the same order always
- True
- one fact per card
- False
- a good flashcard habit
- one fact per card
- the back
- answer first, then flip
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