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