Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Study tip (Recall, space, mix): Find the topic: recall, spacing, mixing, notes, flashcards, focus or rest. Techniques that make you retrieve, space and mix usually beat re-reading, cramming and blocks. For sums: review day = day + gap; Pomodoro rounds = minutes ÷ 30; focus minutes = rounds × 25.
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- 1.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) ten colours a page (c) never looking again (d) leaving some space
- 2.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) books within reach (b) good light (c) a quiet corner (d) a dim room
- 3.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 5.True or false: “screens off before bed” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
- 8.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) phone in another room (c) water bottle ready (d) notifications off
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes in the big column (b) colours and small icons (c) a summary at the bottom (d) a cue column on the left
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) a question on the front
- 12.True or false: “all in one night” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
- 14.Which of these hurts learning? (a) screens off before bed (b) a short walk outdoors (c) a glass of water (d) gaming till midnight
- 15.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) starting without a plan (c) water bottle ready (d) three tasks at once
- 18.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
- 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
- 20.🪑 The best study spot is… (a) quiet, tidy and bright (b) a dark corner (c) in front of the TV (d) on your bed
- 21.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) numbered points in order (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) cue questions in margin
- 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
- 24.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
- 26.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) good light (b) books within reach (c) a cluttered table (d) the same spot daily
- 28.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
- 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 30.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) reviewing over time (b) cramming at night (c) never reviewing (d) studying once, long
- 31.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 34.Which of these helps you focus? (a) a messy desk (b) checking messages (c) no break for 3 hours (d) notifications off
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
- 36.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 37.📅 You learn a new topic on day 1 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 38.📅 You learn a new topic on day 15 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 39.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 40.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 3, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
Answer key
- leaving some space
- a dim room
- True
- 175
- True
- blocked practice
- quizzing a friend
- True
- checking messages
- colours and small icons
- a whole page per card
- False
- looking at the diagrams
- gaming till midnight
- hurts learning
- testing yourself
- water bottle ready
- see it again sooner
- writing it from memory
- quiet, tidy and bright
- cramming
- cue questions in margin
- testing yourself
- a mind map
- recalling from memory
- False
- a cluttered table
- familiar is not known
- the front
- reviewing over time
- False
- False
- the front
- notifications off
- a blank-page brain dump
- spaced practice
- 8
- 16
- linear notes
- 7
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