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) modern (b) mice (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 2.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
- 3.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) the same order always
- 4.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
- 5.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) What do roots do? (c) Formula for speed? (d) distance ÷ time
- 6.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it is faster (c) it looks smart (d) it saves cards
- 7.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) take in water (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) making your own cards
- 11.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
- 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck
- 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) one fact per card (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
- 15.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) so order gives no clue (c) to finish faster (d) to make it messy
- 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 18.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) a question on the front (d) only the easy cards
- 19.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the newest only (c) the cards you know (d) the prettiest ones
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) only the easy cards (c) a question on the front (d) the same order always
- 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
- 22.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) more practice on misses (d) a whole page per card
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) never testing yourself (c) flipping straight away (d) reading both sides
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) never testing yourself (d) answer first, then flip
- 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 56 (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 27.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
- 29.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
- 32.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 36.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a full page (c) a whole chapter (d) one fact or idea
- 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 38.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) hide it for a month (d) see it again sooner
- 39.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading both sides (c) the same order always (d) answer first, then flip
Answer key
- 7 × 8 = ?
- answer first, then flip
- the same order always
- making your own cards
- distance ÷ time
- it is active recall
- take in water
- a poor flashcard habit
- the front
- a whole page per card
- more practice on misses
- reading both sides
- flipping straight away
- the back
- so order gives no clue
- a good flashcard habit
- a poor flashcard habit
- only the easy cards
- the cards you missed
- a question on the front
- the back
- a whole page per card
- shuffling the deck
- never testing yourself
- a good flashcard habit
- Capital of Kerala?
- True
- the back
- False
- the front
- more practice on misses
- False
- a good flashcard habit
- the front
- a good flashcard habit
- one fact or idea
- a poor flashcard habit
- see it again sooner
- True
- answer first, then flip
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