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