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 helps learning? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) gaming till midnight (c) scrolling in bed (d) studying all night
- 2.Which of these helps you focus? (a) starting without a plan (b) three tasks at once (c) a timer on the desk (d) a messy desk
- 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 5.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) throw it away (c) never use it again (d) hide it for a month
- 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 8.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) no review at all (b) 1 hour on 4 days (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) 4 hours on exam day
- 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
- 10.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) on the bed (b) a clear desk (c) a cluttered table (d) a dim room
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dim room (b) the same spot daily (c) a noisy hallway (d) a cluttered table
- 12.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all in one night (b) old topics each week (c) starting the day before (d) one long read-through
- 13.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) the same spot daily (b) a noisy hallway (c) books within reach (d) a clear desk
- 14.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) only fraction sums (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 16.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) notes in the big column (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) a summary at the bottom (d) colours and small icons
- 17.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear desk (b) books within reach (c) a quiet corner (d) a dim room
- 19.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a short summary (b) a drawing (c) nothing (d) the date only
- 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) old and new topics mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 22.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) your own words (b) writing every line (c) tiny cramped writing (d) ten colours a page
- 23.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each week? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) reading both sides (d) a question on the front
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) books within reach (b) a clear desk (c) a noisy hallway (d) a firm chair
- 26.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) switching topic each sum
- 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
- 29.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) only the easy cards
- 30.🧠 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
- 31.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
- 33.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) area (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) percentage
- 36.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
- 37.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) one topic for weeks (c) skipping hard topics (d) mixing different topics
- 38.True or false: “last-minute marathons” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding small diagrams (b) no headings at all (c) tiny cramped writing (d) copying word for word
- 40.Which of these helps learning? (a) gaming till midnight (b) studying all night (c) a TV on while studying (d) screens off before bed
Answer key
- a full night’s sleep
- a timer on the desk
- active recall
- a good flashcard habit
- True
- see it again sooner
- a poor flashcard habit
- 1 hour on 4 days
- practice questions
- a clear desk
- the same spot daily
- old topics each week
- a noisy hallway
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- scanning the headings
- colours and small icons
- False
- a dim room
- a short summary
- quizzing a friend
- only fraction sums
- your own words
- spaced practice
- a question on the front
- a noisy hallway
- False
- same type, page by page
- testing yourself
- one fact per card
- self-made flashcards
- hurts learning
- self-made flashcards
- False
- False
- fractions
- the back
- mixing different topics
- True
- adding small diagrams
- screens off before bed
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