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