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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 52 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it is active recall (c) it is faster (d) it saves cards
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  7. 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) the same order always (d) reading both sides
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) 56 (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) modern
  10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  11. 11.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) modern
  13. 13.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) ten facts
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) answer first, then flip
  15. 15.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) so order gives no clue (c) to make it messy (d) to lose some
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) reading both sides (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
  18. 18.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they look nicer
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) one fact per card (c) never testing yourself (d) making your own cards
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) one fact per card (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
  23. 23.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) reading both sides (c) the same order always (d) flipping straight away
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
  25. 25.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) What do roots do? (d) 56
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) modern (d) distance ÷ time
  28. 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) distance ÷ time (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  30. 30.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  32. 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  33. 33.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 56 (c) distance ÷ time (d) What do roots do?
  38. 38.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) one fact per card (c) only the easy cards (d) shuffling the deck

Answer key

  1. it is active recall
  2. a poor flashcard habit
  3. the front
  4. a whole page per card
  5. the front
  6. a poor flashcard habit
  7. shuffling the deck
  8. a good flashcard habit
  9. Plural of “mouse”?
  10. the back
  11. False
  12. modern
  13. one fact or idea
  14. a whole page per card
  15. so order gives no clue
  16. a poor flashcard habit
  17. more practice on misses
  18. you think as you write
  19. the back
  20. never testing yourself
  21. a good flashcard habit
  22. never testing yourself
  23. answer first, then flip
  24. a question on the front
  25. 56
  26. a poor flashcard habit
  27. 7 × 8 = ?
  28. the front
  29. Capital of Kerala?
  30. False
  31. a good flashcard habit
  32. one fact per card
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. False
  37. What do roots do?
  38. True
  39. making your own cards
  40. only the easy cards

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