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