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 good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
- 2.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) call them now (c) reply in the break (d) end the session
- 3.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
- 6.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short keywords (b) your own words (c) clear headings (d) tiny cramped writing
- 8.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) on the bed (b) a noisy hallway (c) TV in view (d) the same spot daily
- 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 11.📅 You learn a new topic on day 11 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) TV on in the room (c) a timer on the desk (d) water bottle ready
- 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 14.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 15.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 16.😴 Meera goes to bed at 11:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
- 18.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it looks smart (c) it is faster (d) it is active recall
- 19.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) one fact per card (d) reading both sides
- 21.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) cue questions in margin (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) one keyword per branch (d) notes in the big column
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) numbered points in order (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) notes in the big column
- 23.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) notifications off (b) a goal for the session (c) a messy desk (d) one task at a time
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one keyword per branch (b) headings and bullets (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) numbered points in order
- 25.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: no break for hours? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 26.Which of these hurts learning? (a) screens off before bed (b) a short walk outdoors (c) scrolling in bed (d) a full night’s sleep
- 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
- 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
- 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 30.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
- 32.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a cluttered table? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
- 34.📅 You learn a topic on day 3. 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?
- 35.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) area
- 36.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 37.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding small diagrams (b) copying word for word (c) leaving some space (d) your own words
- 39.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) a cue column on the left (d) headings and bullets
- 40.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) to save paper (b) it is a rule (c) teachers say so (d) the memory lasts longer
Answer key
- a question on the front
- reply in the break
- helps you focus
- blocked practice
- a blank-page brain dump
- recalling without notes
- tiny cramped writing
- False
- the same spot daily
- blocked practice
- 18
- TV on in the room
- passive review
- 240
- False
- 6
- the same order always
- it is active recall
- False
- reading both sides
- one keyword per branch
- notes in the big column
- a messy desk
- one keyword per branch
- hurts learning
- scrolling in bed
- explaining it aloud
- recalling from memory
- a good flashcard habit
- False
- reading the notes again
- a poor study spot
- a whole page per card
- 18
- percentage
- one chapter’s sums only
- interleaving
- copying word for word
- a cue column on the left
- the memory lasts longer
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