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