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