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