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