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 shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) so order gives no clue (c) to make it messy (d) to lose some
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) shuffling the deck (d) a question on the front
- 3.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it is active recall (c) it saves cards (d) it is faster
- 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 6.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 56 (d) distance ÷ time
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck
- 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 9.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) making your own cards
- 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 11.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) making your own cards
- 12.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
- 14.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) a whole page per card
- 16.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) never use it again (c) throw it away (d) hide it for a month
- 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 19.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) What do roots do?
- 20.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
- 22.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the newest only (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
- 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 24.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) reading both sides
- 26.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) What do roots do? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
- 27.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
- 28.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) modern
- 30.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
- 31.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) What do roots do? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) take in water
- 32.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Formula for speed? (c) take in water (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 35.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 56 (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) What do roots do?
- 36.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 37.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) more practice on misses
- 39.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) flipping straight away (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
Answer key
- so order gives no clue
- never testing yourself
- it is active recall
- a poor flashcard habit
- a good flashcard habit
- Formula for speed?
- reading both sides
- a poor flashcard habit
- never testing yourself
- a good flashcard habit
- reading both sides
- True
- only the easy cards
- False
- a whole page per card
- see it again sooner
- a good flashcard habit
- a good flashcard habit
- Thiruvananthapuram
- mice
- the back
- the cards you missed
- a poor flashcard habit
- False
- one fact per card
- distance ÷ time
- making your own cards
- True
- Plural of “mouse”?
- shuffling the deck
- What do roots do?
- True
- take in water
- the front
- 56
- the front
- True
- more practice on misses
- False
- flipping straight away
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