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 cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the cards you know (c) the cards you missed (d) the newest only
- 2.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
- 3.True or false: “same type, page by page” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 4.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 5.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 6.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: notifications off? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) only fraction sums (c) one formula, 20 times (d) algebra and area mixed
- 8.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 9.🪑 Good or poor study spot: books within reach? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 10.Which of these helps you focus? (a) a messy desk (b) starting without a plan (c) three tasks at once (d) one task at a time
- 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
- 12.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
- 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
- 15.📝 How do Cornell notes help with active recall? (a) they are colourful (b) they need no review (c) they are long (d) cover notes, use cues
- 16.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV in view (b) a cluttered table (c) the same spot daily (d) on the bed
- 18.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) never testing yourself
- 19.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 21.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) nothing (b) the date only (c) a drawing (d) a short summary
- 22.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) so order gives no clue
- 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a little every day (b) short repeat sessions (c) a review calendar (d) all in one night
- 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
- 26.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a cue column on the left (b) notes in the big column (c) main topic in the centre (d) cue questions in margin
- 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
- 29.True or false: “old topics each week” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 30.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: one keyword per branch? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 31.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) all area sums together (d) one topic all evening
- 32.📵 Where is the best place for your phone while you study? (a) in your hand (b) on the book (c) in another room (d) under the pillow
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) numbered points in order (b) a summary at the bottom (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) headings and bullets
- 34.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 12, and the gap before it was 5 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
- 36.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) mixing different topics (c) skipping hard topics (d) one topic for weeks
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) water bottle ready (c) checking messages (d) a goal for the session
- 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
Answer key
- the cards you missed
- area
- False
- a poor notes habit
- cramming
- helps you focus
- algebra and area mixed
- 210
- a good study spot
- one task at a time
- quizzing a friend
- False
- copying the summary
- covering the answers
- cover notes, use cues
- True
- the same spot daily
- never testing yourself
- familiar is not known
- teaching it to a sibling
- a short summary
- so order gives no clue
- True
- all in one night
- recalling without notes
- True
- main topic in the centre
- self-made flashcards
- True
- a mind map
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- in another room
- a summary at the bottom
- 22
- self-made flashcards
- False
- mixing different topics
- checking messages
- passive review
- reading both sides
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