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.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: notifications off? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) main topic in the centre (c) colours and small icons (d) branches for subtopics
- 3.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) one keyword per branch (c) numbered points in order (d) main topic in the centre
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
- 6.🧠 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
- 7.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “a review calendar” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 10.Which of these helps learning? (a) studying all night (b) no break for hours (c) a short walk outdoors (d) scrolling in bed
- 11.True or false: “never reviewing again” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) a look within a day (b) writing every line (c) ten colours a page (d) tiny cramped writing
- 14.📅 You learn a new topic on day 18 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 15.📅 You learn a topic on day 7. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
- 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 17.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
- 20.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
- 21.📖 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
- 22.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
- 24.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 25.🍅 You finish 6 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 26.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 27.Which of these is cramming? (a) all in one night (b) a review calendar (c) gaps that grow longer (d) a little every day
- 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
- 29.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: short repeat sessions? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 30.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
- 31.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: scrolling in bed? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 32.📅 You learn a topic on day 1. 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?
- 33.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) What do roots do? (c) modern (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 34.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “a timer on the desk” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 36.📅 You learn a topic on day 8. 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?
- 37.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
- 38.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
- 40.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
Answer key
- helps you focus
- headings and bullets
- True
- numbered points in order
- covering the answers
- self-made flashcards
- False
- False
- 60
- a short walk outdoors
- True
- True
- a look within a day
- 25
- 14
- active recall
- False
- False
- practice questions
- ratio
- familiar is not known
- helps you focus
- teaching it to a sibling
- a poor flashcard habit
- 150
- interleaving
- all in one night
- the back
- spaced practice
- True
- hurts learning
- 16
- What do roots do?
- True
- True
- 11
- Cornell notes
- False
- explaining it aloud
- the cards you missed
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