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