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