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 a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) leaving some space (c) copying word for word (d) your own words
- 2.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) to save paper (b) teachers say so (c) it is a rule (d) the memory lasts longer
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) a question on the front (d) making your own cards
- 4.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a little every day (b) short repeat sessions (c) gaps that grow longer (d) never reviewing again
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) no headings at all (c) writing every line (d) your own words
- 8.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) one task at a time (b) a messy desk (c) a timer on the desk (d) phone in another room
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) branches for subtopics (c) one keyword per branch (d) cue questions in margin
- 10.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: short repeat sessions? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
- 12.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 14.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: top-to-bottom lists? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
- 15.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
- 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
- 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 19.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) all area sums together (c) switching topic each sum (d) old and new topics mixed
- 20.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
- 23.True or false: “short repeat sessions” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
- 25.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
- 26.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) short repeat sessions (b) six hours in one go (c) all in one night (d) starting the day before
- 27.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone face-up nearby (b) phone out of sight (c) phone in your hand (d) phone on loud
- 28.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is cramming? (a) all in one night (b) a review calendar (c) old topics each week (d) a little every day
- 30.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) one fact per card (c) reading both sides (d) the same order always
- 31.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🍅 You finish 6 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 33.😴 Tara goes to bed at 9:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 34.📅 You learn a new topic on day 8 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 35.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
- 37.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) only fraction sums (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) old and new topics mixed
- 38.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: clear headings? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
- 40.📅 You learn a topic on day 12. 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?
Answer key
- copying word for word
- the memory lasts longer
- reading both sides
- False
- never reviewing again
- looking at the diagrams
- your own words
- a messy desk
- cue questions in margin
- spaced practice
- practice questions
- a mind map
- teaching it to a sibling
- linear notes
- 125
- explaining it aloud
- testing yourself
- active recall
- all area sums together
- True
- testing yourself
- a whole page per card
- True
- close it and recall it
- useful — fix it now
- short repeat sessions
- phone out of sight
- False
- all in one night
- one fact per card
- False
- 180
- 8
- 15
- 90
- answering with book shut
- only fraction sums
- a good notes habit
- self-made flashcards
- 27
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