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 passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
- 2.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 3.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone face-up nearby (b) phone in your hand (c) phone on loud (d) phone out of sight
- 4.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it erases notes (b) it wastes study time (c) it helps store learning (d) it does not matter
- 5.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 6.Which of these hurts learning? (a) screens off before bed (b) short breaks to stretch (c) a new bedtime every day (d) a short walk outdoors
- 7.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 8.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 9.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
- 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
- 13.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 15.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 16.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
- 17.True or false: “a little every day” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) only fraction sums (d) a shuffled set of sums
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for the session (c) a timer on the desk (d) notifications off
- 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) six hours in one go (b) short repeat sessions (c) one long read-through (d) all in one night
- 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 23.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: notifications off? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) What do roots do? (d) modern
- 25.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
- 27.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) take in water (c) distance ÷ time (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
- 29.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a noisy hallway (b) TV in view (c) on the bed (d) good light
- 30.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in your own words (b) copied word for word (c) with no headings (d) in tiny writing
- 31.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 15, and the gap before it was 1 day. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 32.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: screens off before bed? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 33.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) your doodles (b) the teacher’s name (c) cues and key questions (d) the whole chapter
- 35.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 36.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “a goal for the session” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a glass of water (b) screens off before bed (c) a regular bedtime (d) scrolling in bed
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing every line (b) no headings at all (c) tiny cramped writing (d) clear headings
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same spot daily (b) on the bed (c) books within reach (d) good light
Answer key
- scanning the headings
- spaced practice
- phone out of sight
- it helps store learning
- hurts learning
- a new bedtime every day
- blocked practice
- a poor notes habit
- True
- active recall
- recalling from memory
- familiar is not known
- False
- cramming
- 90
- one fact per card
- True
- only fraction sums
- checking messages
- the back
- short repeat sessions
- the front
- helps you focus
- What do roots do?
- interleaving
- write what you know
- True
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- good light
- in your own words
- 17
- helps learning
- False
- cues and key questions
- blocked practice
- True
- False
- scrolling in bed
- clear headings
- on the bed
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