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: no break for 3 hours? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 2.📵 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
- 3.True or false: “checking messages” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “a timer on the desk” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
- 7.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one formula, 20 times
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) a messy desk (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for the session
- 11.📅 You learn a topic on day 2. 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?
- 12.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) watch a late film (b) game till late (c) sleep on time (d) study till 3 AM
- 13.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) lasts for years (b) fades very quickly (c) never fails (d) is the best way
- 14.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: short breaks to stretch? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 15.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) notes in the big column (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) colours and small icons (d) a summary at the bottom
- 16.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 17.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) books within reach (b) a noisy hallway (c) on the bed (d) a cluttered table
- 18.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) end the session (b) reply at once (c) call them now (d) reply in the break
- 19.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 180 minutes?
- 21.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) colours and small icons (b) one keyword per branch (c) branches for subtopics (d) cue questions in margin
- 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) same type, page by page (c) switching topic each sum (d) one formula, 20 times
- 24.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
- 25.True or false: “a little every day” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) distance ÷ time
- 27.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) What do roots do? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) take in water
- 28.True or false: “studying all night” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) adding small diagrams (c) your own words (d) tiny cramped writing
- 31.📅 You learn a topic on day 9. 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?
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving some space (b) never looking again (c) adding small diagrams (d) short keywords
- 33.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) modern (c) Formula for speed? (d) What do roots do?
- 34.True or false: “a short walk outdoors” hurts learning. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) all in one night (d) short repeat sessions
- 36.Which of these helps you focus? (a) a messy desk (b) no break for 3 hours (c) TV on in the room (d) water bottle ready
- 37.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a cluttered table (b) a quiet corner (c) books within reach (d) the same spot daily
- 38.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 39.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: short repeat sessions? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 40.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- breaks your focus
- phone out of sight
- True
- True
- blocked practice
- write what you know
- True
- False
- one formula, 20 times
- a goal for the session
- 9
- sleep on time
- fades very quickly
- helps learning
- colours and small icons
- spaced practice
- books within reach
- reply in the break
- False
- 6
- cue questions in margin
- explaining it aloud
- switching topic each sum
- a mind map
- True
- distance ÷ time
- take in water
- False
- False
- tiny cramped writing
- 12
- never looking again
- modern
- False
- all in one night
- water bottle ready
- a cluttered table
- 100
- spaced practice
- False
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