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 is faster (c) it saves cards (d) it looks smart
- 2.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to lose some
- 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 4.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) a question on the front
- 7.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
- 9.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
- 13.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) one fact or idea (c) ten facts (d) a full page
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) answer first, then flip
- 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) reading both sides (d) flipping straight away
- 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 18.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) distance ÷ time (d) modern
- 19.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
- 20.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 22.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) mice (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) take in water
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) more practice on misses (c) never testing yourself (d) only the easy cards
- 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 26.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck
- 28.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) only the easy cards
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) the same order always (c) a question on the front (d) one fact per card
- 30.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
- 31.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) never testing yourself
- 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
- 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) distance ÷ time (d) 56
- 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
- 36.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) only the easy cards (c) one fact per card (d) making your own cards
- 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 39.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
- 40.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones
Answer key
- it is active recall
- so order gives no clue
- a good flashcard habit
- True
- a poor flashcard habit
- never testing yourself
- False
- the back
- True
- the front
- the front
- one fact per card
- one fact or idea
- a whole page per card
- a good flashcard habit
- answer first, then flip
- the front
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- a question on the front
- False
- distance ÷ time
- 7 × 8 = ?
- making your own cards
- more practice on misses
- a good flashcard habit
- False
- reading both sides
- only the easy cards
- the same order always
- see it again sooner
- the back
- shuffling the deck
- the back
- Plural of “mouse”?
- the back
- False
- only the easy cards
- a poor flashcard habit
- flipping straight away
- the cards you missed
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