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.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) take in water
- 2.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it is faster (c) it saves cards (d) it is active recall
- 3.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) 56
- 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 6.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they are cheaper (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
- 8.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) one fact per card
- 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) making your own cards (d) the same order always
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) the same order always (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
- 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
- 15.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) distance ÷ time (c) mice (d) modern
- 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
- 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) flipping straight away (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
- 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
- 21.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) reading both sides (c) answer first, then flip (d) a question on the front
- 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) the same order always
- 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 24.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) only the easy cards
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
- 26.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Formula for speed? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
- 29.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
- 30.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) modern
- 31.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) a question on the front (d) only the easy cards
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip
- 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) only the easy cards
- 35.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) more practice on misses (c) making your own cards (d) answer first, then flip
- 36.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) a question on the front (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
- 38.🃏 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
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
- 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
Answer key
- Formula for speed?
- it is active recall
- False
- 56
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- you think as you write
- True
- flipping straight away
- the back
- the same order always
- a question on the front
- a good flashcard habit
- one fact per card
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- the back
- the front
- flipping straight away
- a good flashcard habit
- making your own cards
- reading both sides
- shuffling the deck
- a good flashcard habit
- answer first, then flip
- shuffling the deck
- distance ÷ time
- the front
- the back
- the same order always
- 7 × 8 = ?
- a question on the front
- answer first, then flip
- the front
- one fact per card
- never testing yourself
- False
- a whole page per card
- see it again sooner
- never testing yourself
- a good flashcard habit
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