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 looks smart (b) it is active recall (c) it is faster (d) it saves cards
- 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) 56 (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) modern
- 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
- 11.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) ten facts
- 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.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) so order gives no clue (c) to make it messy (d) to lose some
- 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 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.🃏 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
- 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 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.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.🔍 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.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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 27.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) modern (d) distance ÷ time
- 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) distance ÷ time (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 30.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 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.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 56 (c) distance ÷ time (d) What do roots do?
- 38.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔍 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
- it is active recall
- a poor flashcard habit
- the front
- a whole page per card
- the front
- a poor flashcard habit
- shuffling the deck
- a good flashcard habit
- Plural of “mouse”?
- the back
- False
- modern
- one fact or idea
- a whole page per card
- so order gives no clue
- a poor flashcard habit
- more practice on misses
- you think as you write
- the back
- never testing yourself
- a good flashcard habit
- never testing yourself
- answer first, then flip
- a question on the front
- 56
- a poor flashcard habit
- 7 × 8 = ?
- the front
- Capital of Kerala?
- False
- a good flashcard habit
- one fact per card
- True
- False
- True
- False
- What do roots do?
- True
- making your own cards
- only the easy cards
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