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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 630 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  5. 5.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) you think as you write (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  8. 8.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) to finish faster
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  10. 10.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
  12. 12.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) one fact per card (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) reading both sides
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) making your own cards
  17. 17.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
  18. 18.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a whole chapter
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) reading both sides
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) reading both sides (d) a question on the front
  21. 21.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  24. 24.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  26. 26.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it saves cards (c) it is faster (d) it is active recall
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards
  30. 30.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) more practice on misses (d) a question on the front
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) the same order always (c) more practice on misses (d) shuffling the deck
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) What do roots do?
  35. 35.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) a whole page per card
  36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  37. 37.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  39. 39.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) modern (c) What do roots do? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) distance ÷ time

Answer key

  1. see it again sooner
  2. never testing yourself
  3. a poor flashcard habit
  4. the back
  5. False
  6. you think as you write
  7. a good flashcard habit
  8. so order gives no clue
  9. the front
  10. True
  11. only the easy cards
  12. False
  13. the front
  14. only the easy cards
  15. a question on the front
  16. making your own cards
  17. one fact per card
  18. one fact or idea
  19. answer first, then flip
  20. reading both sides
  21. True
  22. the front
  23. a poor flashcard habit
  24. a poor flashcard habit
  25. the front
  26. False
  27. a good flashcard habit
  28. it is active recall
  29. the same order always
  30. True
  31. flipping straight away
  32. the same order always
  33. the front
  34. Thiruvananthapuram
  35. more practice on misses
  36. a good flashcard habit
  37. False
  38. the back
  39. modern
  40. 7 × 8 = ?

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