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