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.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
- 2.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Formula for speed? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
- 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 4.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) take in water (c) modern (d) 56
- 6.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Formula for speed?
- 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
- 8.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) mice
- 9.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
- 11.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) making your own cards (d) reading both sides
- 12.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
- 13.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a full page (c) ten facts (d) a whole chapter
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
- 15.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
- 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) shuffling the deck
- 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 21.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) the same order always (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
- 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 56 (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) reading both sides
- 27.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) you think as you write (c) they look nicer (d) nobody checks them
- 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) 56 (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 30.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
- 31.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) only the easy cards (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards
- 33.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the cards you missed (c) the cards you know (d) the newest only
- 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) mice (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 35.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) making your own cards (c) a question on the front (d) answer first, then flip
- 37.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🃏 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
- 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
- 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
Answer key
- see it again sooner
- distance ÷ time
- a good flashcard habit
- True
- Capital of Kerala?
- modern
- a question on the front
- mice
- Thiruvananthapuram
- flipping straight away
- making your own cards
- the back
- one fact or idea
- the back
- False
- reading both sides
- a poor flashcard habit
- only the easy cards
- a poor flashcard habit
- the front
- False
- a good flashcard habit
- the same order always
- 7 × 8 = ?
- a good flashcard habit
- reading both sides
- True
- you think as you write
- 56
- one fact per card
- False
- making your own cards
- the cards you missed
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- True
- a whole page per card
- True
- it is active recall
- more practice on misses
- a good flashcard habit
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