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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) old and new topics mixed (d) only fraction sums
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without a plan (b) a messy desk (c) notifications off (d) checking messages
- 4.True or false: “all in one night” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
- 6.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: starting without a plan? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) a timer on the desk (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
- 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
- 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
- 10.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) end the session (c) reply in the break (d) call them now
- 12.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a regular bedtime? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 13.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: never reviewing again? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 14.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all in one night (b) last-minute marathons (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) never reviewing again
- 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
- 17.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 18.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all in one night (b) one long read-through (c) gaps that grow longer (d) never reviewing again
- 19.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) it is a rule (b) the memory lasts longer (c) teachers say so (d) to save paper
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying word for word (b) writing every line (c) adding small diagrams (d) no headings at all
- 21.True or false: “no break for hours” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) ratio (b) area (c) fractions (d) percentage
- 23.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
- 25.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📵 Ishaan wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:45 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 7:15 PM (b) 8:45 PM (c) 9:30 PM (d) 8:00 PM
- 27.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) shuffling the deck
- 28.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: checking messages? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 29.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) one task at a time (b) a goal for the session (c) checking messages (d) phone in another room
- 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 31.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) cues and key questions (b) the whole chapter (c) your doodles (d) the teacher’s name
- 33.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 1 hour on 4 days (b) no review at all (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) 4 hours on exam day
- 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 35.Which of these helps learning? (a) a new bedtime every day (b) scrolling in bed (c) no break for hours (d) a glass of water
- 36.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) old and new topics mixed (d) all area sums together
- 37.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) switching topic each sum
- 38.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) never looking again (c) a look within a day (d) leaving some space
- 39.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
- 40.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) with no headings (b) copied word for word (c) in your own words (d) in tiny writing
Answer key
- active recall
- old and new topics mixed
- notifications off
- False
- scanning the headings
- breaks your focus
- three tasks at once
- listening to a recap
- familiar is not known
- False
- reply in the break
- helps learning
- cramming
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- the front
- the back
- 100
- gaps that grow longer
- the memory lasts longer
- adding small diagrams
- False
- fractions
- False
- covering the answers
- False
- 8:00 PM
- shuffling the deck
- breaks your focus
- checking messages
- a good flashcard habit
- False
- cues and key questions
- 1 hour on 4 days
- active recall
- a glass of water
- all area sums together
- switching topic each sum
- never looking again
- percentage
- in your own words
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