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