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