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