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.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) hide it for a month (d) see it again sooner
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 3.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the newest only (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
- 4.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a dim room? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 5.True or false: “TV on in the room” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on in the room (c) notifications off (d) a messy desk
- 8.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
- 9.Which of these helps you focus? (a) three tasks at once (b) water bottle ready (c) TV on in the room (d) starting without a plan
- 10.😴 Diya goes to bed at 11:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
- 12.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 14.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) main topic in the centre (c) a cue column on the left (d) headings and bullets
- 16.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 17.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
- 18.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) one long read-through (b) six hours in one go (c) a little every day (d) never reviewing again
- 19.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) main topic in the centre (b) a summary at the bottom (c) cue questions in margin (d) top-to-bottom lists
- 20.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) 20 algebra sums only (b) area sums only (c) one percentage page (d) algebra, area, %, mixed
- 21.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone face-up nearby (b) phone on loud (c) phone out of sight (d) phone in your hand
- 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
- 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
- 26.📅 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 first review?
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) never testing yourself
- 28.True or false: “short repeat sessions” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
- 30.Which of these is cramming? (a) short repeat sessions (b) last-minute marathons (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) a review calendar
- 31.True or false: “a timer on the desk” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 34.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: phone in another room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 35.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
- 37.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) same type, page by page
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) only fraction sums (d) switching topic each sum
- 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
Answer key
- see it again sooner
- scanning the headings
- the cards you missed
- a poor study spot
- True
- write what you know
- notifications off
- familiar is not known
- water bottle ready
- 6
- practice questions
- helps you focus
- active recall
- True
- a cue column on the left
- Cornell notes
- fractions
- a little every day
- main topic in the centre
- algebra, area, %, mixed
- phone out of sight
- False
- spaced practice
- highlighting in yellow
- self-made flashcards
- 2
- making your own cards
- False
- recalling without notes
- last-minute marathons
- True
- interleaving
- the front
- helps you focus
- blocked practice
- explaining it aloud
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- only fraction sums
- passive review
- looking at the diagrams
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