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