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 goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) take in water (d) distance ÷ time
- 2.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
- 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
- 5.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) main topic in the centre (b) headings and bullets (c) one keyword per branch (d) a summary at the bottom
- 6.🎯 Before starting a session, decide… (a) one clear task (b) your next snack (c) ten tasks (d) nothing at all
- 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
- 8.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: water bottle ready? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 9.True or false: “starting the day before” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
- 11.Which of these is cramming? (a) short repeat sessions (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) starting the day before (d) a review calendar
- 12.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 13.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 14.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
- 16.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) lasts for years (b) fades very quickly (c) is the best way (d) never fails
- 17.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
- 19.True or false: “notifications off” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all in one night (b) one long read-through (c) six hours in one go (d) a little every day
- 21.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
- 22.True or false: “old topics each week” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) old topics each week (c) all in one night (d) a review calendar
- 24.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
- 26.📅 You learn a new topic on day 1 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 27.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 105 minutes?
- 29.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 30.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🍅 You want 150 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 32.True or false: “a timer on the desk” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) six hours in one go (b) old topics each week (c) one long read-through (d) starting the day before
- 35.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a messy desk (c) phone in another room (d) TV on in the room
- 37.📅 You learn a new topic on day 6 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 38.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in tiny writing (b) with no headings (c) in your own words (d) copied word for word
- 39.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 40.😴 Aarav goes to bed at 9:00 PM and wakes up at 7:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
Answer key
- Plural of “mouse”?
- a good notes habit
- self-made flashcards
- testing yourself
- a summary at the bottom
- one clear task
- the back
- helps you focus
- False
- testing yourself
- starting the day before
- the front
- a good notes habit
- interleaving
- looking at the diagrams
- fades very quickly
- hurts learning
- self-made flashcards
- False
- a little every day
- one fact per card
- False
- all in one night
- False
- recalling from memory
- 4
- True
- 3
- cramming
- True
- 6
- True
- explaining it aloud
- old topics each week
- True
- phone in another room
- 9
- in your own words
- True
- 10
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