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) 56 (b) distance ÷ time (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 2.📅 You learn a new topic on day 19 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 3.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 4.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) take in water (c) modern (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 5.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: one keyword per branch? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
- 6.True or false: “short breaks to stretch” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 8.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one formula, 20 times
- 10.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 11.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 13, and the gap before it was 6 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 12.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 1-minute snack (b) no break (c) a 2-hour nap (d) a 5-minute break
- 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
- 14.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 15.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
- 17.🪑 Good or poor study spot: good light? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
- 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
- 20.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 22.True or false: “a TV on while studying” hurts learning. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a drawing (b) the date only (c) nothing (d) a short summary
- 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) switching topic each sum (c) same type, page by page (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
- 27.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) notifications off (c) a goal for the session (d) starting without a plan
- 28.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 29.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) never use it again (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
- 31.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 32.🍅 After four Pomodoro rounds, many people take… (a) a test (b) a longer break (c) no more breaks (d) a new subject
- 33.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) flipping straight away (c) reading both sides (d) answer first, then flip
- 34.📵 Ananya wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:00 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 7:30 PM (b) 8:00 PM (c) 8:30 PM (d) 7:00 PM
- 35.🎯 Before starting a session, decide… (a) one clear task (b) ten tasks (c) your next snack (d) nothing at all
- 36.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all in one night (b) six hours in one go (c) never reviewing again (d) a little every day
- 37.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) modern (d) 56
- 40.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: colours and small icons? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
Answer key
- Capital of Kerala?
- 22
- linear notes
- Formula for speed?
- a mind map
- True
- a good flashcard habit
- blocked practice
- one formula, 20 times
- helps you focus
- 25
- a 5-minute break
- practice questions
- blocked practice
- False
- answering a quiz
- a good study spot
- answering with book shut
- testing yourself
- 175
- passive review
- True
- a short summary
- passive review
- same type, page by page
- write what you know
- starting without a plan
- hurts learning
- True
- see it again sooner
- interleaving
- a longer break
- answer first, then flip
- 7:30 PM
- one clear task
- a little every day
- False
- True
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- a mind map
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