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