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.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it looks smart (c) it saves cards (d) it is faster
- 2.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) Formula for speed?
- 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 4.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
- 5.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) modern (c) What do roots do? (d) distance ÷ time
- 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
- 8.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
- 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
- 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 12.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) reading both sides (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
- 13.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) take in water
- 14.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) never use it again (c) hide it for a month (d) throw it away
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) answer first, then flip (d) the same order always
- 16.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a full page (c) a whole chapter (d) one fact or idea
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) the same order always (d) one fact per card
- 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) the same order always (c) answer first, then flip (d) never testing yourself
- 19.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 21.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) mice
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) never testing yourself
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
- 24.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 26.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) flipping straight away (c) more practice on misses (d) making your own cards
- 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) mice (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
- 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
- 33.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) a whole page per card
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
- 35.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 37.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 40.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 56 (c) mice (d) Thiruvananthapuram
Answer key
- it is active recall
- Thiruvananthapuram
- the front
- the cards you missed
- What do roots do?
- the front
- one fact per card
- a question on the front
- the back
- a good flashcard habit
- a good flashcard habit
- making your own cards
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- see it again sooner
- answer first, then flip
- one fact or idea
- the same order always
- answer first, then flip
- False
- the front
- mice
- one fact per card
- a whole page per card
- False
- the front
- False
- False
- flipping straight away
- 7 × 8 = ?
- the back
- a poor flashcard habit
- the back
- shuffling the deck
- never testing yourself
- True
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- a poor flashcard habit
- the front
- Formula for speed?
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