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