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