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) flipping straight away (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
- 2.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
- 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) making your own cards
- 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) only the easy cards (d) more practice on misses
- 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
- 8.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) making your own cards
- 11.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 56 (c) modern (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 12.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Formula for speed? (d) 56
- 13.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) take in water (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 17.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) one fact or idea (c) ten facts (d) a full page
- 19.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) only the easy cards (c) the same order always (d) a whole page per card
- 21.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you missed (d) the cards you know
- 22.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) hide it for a month (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
- 24.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
- 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) never testing yourself (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) never testing yourself
- 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) only the easy cards
- 32.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it saves cards (c) it is active recall (d) it is faster
- 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 36.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
- 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) answer first, then flip (c) the same order always (d) only the easy cards
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
- 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
Answer key
- one fact per card
- False
- flipping straight away
- never testing yourself
- a good flashcard habit
- only the easy cards
- the back
- True
- a good flashcard habit
- the same order always
- Capital of Kerala?
- 56
- False
- take in water
- the front
- a poor flashcard habit
- False
- one fact or idea
- False
- answer first, then flip
- the cards you missed
- see it again sooner
- only the easy cards
- a good flashcard habit
- the front
- a question on the front
- the front
- never testing yourself
- making your own cards
- a poor flashcard habit
- shuffling the deck
- True
- it is active recall
- the front
- a poor flashcard habit
- you think as you write
- the front
- answer first, then flip
- flipping straight away
- the back
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