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