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 spaced practice? (a) starting the day before (b) last-minute marathons (c) short repeat sessions (d) never reviewing again
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a timer on the desk (c) one task at a time (d) a messy desk
- 3.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) making your own cards
- 4.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) a messy desk (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for the session
- 5.True or false: “old topics each week” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: notifications off? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 7.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) never testing yourself
- 8.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) distance ÷ time (c) mice (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
- 9.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) same type, page by page (c) only fraction sums (d) a shuffled set of sums
- 11.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) the date only (b) nothing (c) a short summary (d) a drawing
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
- 13.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) cramming at night (b) studying once, long (c) reviewing over time (d) never reviewing
- 14.True or false: “phone in another room” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 15.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 6, and the gap before it was 6 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 16.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) copying word for word (b) short keywords (c) writing every line (d) no headings at all
- 17.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a firm chair (b) a cluttered table (c) a quiet corner (d) good light
- 18.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
- 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 20.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) one topic all evening (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) same type, page by page
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cue questions in margin (b) one keyword per branch (c) a cue column on the left (d) notes in the big column
- 23.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) area (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) ratio
- 24.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) it is a rule (b) teachers say so (c) to save paper (d) the memory lasts longer
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
- 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 27.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 28.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 31.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: one long read-through? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 32.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) TV on in the room (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) a timer on the desk
- 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 35.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
- 36.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a full night’s sleep? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) TV on in the room (c) a timer on the desk (d) checking messages
- 38.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 39.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
Answer key
- short repeat sessions
- a messy desk
- only the easy cards
- a messy desk
- True
- helps you focus
- never testing yourself
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- False
- a shuffled set of sums
- a short summary
- teaching it to a sibling
- reviewing over time
- True
- 18
- short keywords
- a cluttered table
- familiar is not known
- recalling from memory
- True
- a shuffled set of sums
- one keyword per branch
- area
- the memory lasts longer
- reading the notes again
- passive review
- 120
- True
- False
- passive review
- cramming
- False
- TV on in the room
- blocked practice
- percentage
- helps learning
- a timer on the desk
- 150
- a poor notes habit
- reading the notes again
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