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 look nicer (c) they are cheaper (d) you think as you write
- 2.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 5.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) never testing yourself (c) more practice on misses (d) making your own cards
- 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) the same order always (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
- 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) answer first, then flip (d) making your own cards
- 10.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) modern (c) distance ÷ time (d) 56
- 11.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) ten facts (d) one fact or idea
- 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a question on the front (c) more practice on misses (d) never testing yourself
- 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
- 15.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 56 (c) mice (d) distance ÷ time
- 18.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) take in water (d) mice
- 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) the same order always (d) one fact per card
- 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 21.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
- 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 23.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
- 26.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) so order gives no clue (c) to make it messy (d) to lose some
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) reading both sides (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
- 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip
- 30.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) see it again sooner (c) hide it for a month (d) throw it away
- 31.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Formula for speed?
- 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 33.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it saves cards (c) it is active recall (d) it is faster
- 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
- 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 36.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 38.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) a question on the front (d) flipping straight away
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
- 40.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- you think as you write
- False
- True
- a good flashcard habit
- False
- never testing yourself
- one fact per card
- only the easy cards
- reading both sides
- Plural of “mouse”?
- one fact or idea
- never testing yourself
- a poor flashcard habit
- the back
- True
- False
- Capital of Kerala?
- 7 × 8 = ?
- the same order always
- a poor flashcard habit
- take in water
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- the back
- so order gives no clue
- making your own cards
- the front
- answer first, then flip
- see it again sooner
- mice
- the front
- it is active recall
- the back
- a good flashcard habit
- True
- the front
- flipping straight away
- flipping straight away
- True
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