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.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 3.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) 5 minutes (b) 3 hours (c) 25 minutes (d) all day
- 4.🧠 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
- 5.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
- 7.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) only fraction sums (d) one topic all evening
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) cue questions in margin (c) a cue column on the left (d) branches for subtopics
- 10.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
- 11.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) it is a rule (b) the memory lasts longer (c) to save paper (d) teachers say so
- 12.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a new bedtime every day? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 13.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 14.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 15.📵 Nisha wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 7:45 PM (b) 8:45 PM (c) 8:15 PM (d) 7:15 PM
- 16.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) area (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) fractions
- 17.📅 You learn a topic on day 10. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 2?
- 18.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 20.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 21.📅 You learn a topic on day 4. 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?
- 22.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
- 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) old and new topics mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
- 26.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📅 You learn a new topic on day 19 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 28.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) short repeat sessions (b) last-minute marathons (c) one long read-through (d) six hours in one go
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
- 31.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
- 34.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) a cue column on the left (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) main topic in the centre (d) headings and bullets
- 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
- 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) six hours in one go (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) a little every day (d) old topics each week
- 38.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) normal and useful (c) a waste of time (d) a sign to stop
- 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
- 40.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- interleaving
- recalling from memory
- 25 minutes
- self-made flashcards
- True
- ratio
- True
- old and new topics mixed
- branches for subtopics
- recalling without notes
- the memory lasts longer
- hurts learning
- blocked practice
- breaks your focus
- 7:45 PM
- fractions
- 13
- False
- a poor flashcard habit
- a good notes habit
- 19
- area
- a good flashcard habit
- one chapter’s sums only
- answering a quiz
- False
- 26
- True
- short repeat sessions
- teaching it to a sibling
- True
- False
- answering a quiz
- a cue column on the left
- explaining it aloud
- practice questions
- six hours in one go
- normal and useful
- self-made flashcards
- False
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