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.📵 Meera wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:30 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 7:45 PM (b) 9:15 PM (c) 7:00 PM (d) 8:30 PM
- 2.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “last-minute marathons” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 4.📅 You learn a new topic on day 10 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without a plan (b) TV on in the room (c) a goal for the session (d) three tasks at once
- 6.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
- 7.Which of these helps learning? (a) gaming till midnight (b) a regular bedtime (c) a new bedtime every day (d) no break for hours
- 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
- 9.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) nobody checks them (c) they look nicer (d) they are cheaper
- 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 11.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “short repeat sessions” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: no break for 3 hours? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 14.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
- 15.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each week? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 16.📅 You learn a topic on day 8. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 4?
- 17.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 18.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a messy desk? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 19.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) a look within a day (b) your own words (c) writing every line (d) short keywords
- 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
- 22.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) phone face-up nearby (b) a dim room (c) a firm chair (d) a cluttered table
- 23.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
- 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
- 25.📅 You learn a new topic on day 14 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 26.🪑 The best study spot is… (a) in front of the TV (b) a dark corner (c) on your bed (d) quiet, tidy and bright
- 27.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) lasts for years (b) is the best way (c) never fails (d) fades very quickly
- 28.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) What do roots do?
- 29.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 120 minutes?
- 30.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 31.True or false: “all in one night” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) a summary at the bottom (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) cue questions in margin
- 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 34.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) clear headings (b) your own words (c) leaving some space (d) no headings at all
- 35.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) distance ÷ time (c) take in water (d) mice
- 36.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) numbered points in order (b) headings and bullets (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) cue questions in margin
- 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
- 39.📅 You learn a new topic on day 14 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 40.Which of these helps you focus? (a) TV on in the room (b) starting without a plan (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
Answer key
- 7:45 PM
- False
- False
- 11
- a goal for the session
- “What do roots do?”
- a regular bedtime
- self-made flashcards
- you think as you write
- the front
- False
- True
- breaks your focus
- fractions
- spaced practice
- 23
- Cornell notes
- breaks your focus
- writing every line
- a poor flashcard habit
- reading the notes again
- a firm chair
- recalling without notes
- quizzing a friend
- 15
- quiet, tidy and bright
- fades very quickly
- mice
- 4
- a good study spot
- True
- top-to-bottom lists
- a good flashcard habit
- no headings at all
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- Cornell notes
- cue questions in margin
- testing yourself
- 28
- phone in another room
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