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: a messy desk? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 56 (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) mice
- 3.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
- 5.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 7.True or false: “one task at a time” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) numbered points in order (b) headings and bullets (c) colours and small icons (d) a summary at the bottom
- 9.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 10.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) notifications off (b) a timer on the desk (c) a goal for the session (d) a messy desk
- 11.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 7, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 12.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: “a new bedtime every day” hurts learning. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: review on days 1, 3, 7? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 15.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) six hours in one go (b) never reviewing again (c) short repeat sessions (d) one long read-through
- 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
- 17.Which of these hurts learning? (a) short breaks to stretch (b) screens off before bed (c) a full night’s sleep (d) no break for hours
- 18.📅 You learn a topic on day 13. 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?
- 19.🪑 Good or poor study spot: books within reach? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 20.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) to finish faster (d) so order gives no clue
- 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for the session (b) one task at a time (c) a timer on the desk (d) no break for 3 hours
- 23.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) the whole chapter (b) your doodles (c) cues and key questions (d) the teacher’s name
- 24.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting the day before (b) never reviewing again (c) all in one night (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 26.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: scrolling in bed? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 28.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) all day (b) 5 minutes (c) 3 hours (d) 25 minutes
- 29.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one topic all evening (d) switching topic each sum
- 31.🍅 You want 200 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
- 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 35.🍅 You want 50 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 36.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
- 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) main topic in the centre (b) headings and bullets (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) numbered points in order
- 40.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it is active recall (c) it saves cards (d) it is faster
Answer key
- breaks your focus
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- cramming
- covering the answers
- False
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- a summary at the bottom
- helps you focus
- a messy desk
- 11
- True
- True
- spaced practice
- short repeat sessions
- recalling from memory
- no break for hours
- 16
- a good study spot
- so order gives no clue
- passive review
- no break for 3 hours
- cues and key questions
- spaced practice
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- hurts learning
- a good flashcard habit
- 25 minutes
- False
- one topic all evening
- 8
- quizzing a friend
- active recall
- interleaving
- 2
- write what you know
- writing it from memory
- active recall
- main topic in the centre
- it is active recall
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