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