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 is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
- 2.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a regular bedtime? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 3.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) good light (b) on the bed (c) a dim room (d) a cluttered table
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) numbered points in order (d) one keyword per branch
- 5.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a firm chair (b) TV in view (c) a noisy hallway (d) a dim room
- 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
- 7.😴 Ishaan goes to bed at 9:00 PM and wakes up at 7:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) old and new topics mixed
- 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
- 10.🗺️ In a mind map, what goes in the centre? (a) the page number (b) the main topic (c) a small detail (d) the last point
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) only fraction sums
- 12.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a cue column on the left (b) headings and bullets (c) branches for subtopics (d) cue questions in margin
- 13.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a messy desk (b) no break for 3 hours (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
- 15.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a cluttered table? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 16.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) same type, page by page (d) old and new topics mixed
- 18.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) notifications off (b) phone in another room (c) checking messages (d) a goal for the session
- 19.📅 You learn a new topic on day 4 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 20.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
- 22.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: no break for hours? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 24.True or false: “a TV on while studying” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying word for word (b) no headings at all (c) adding small diagrams (d) writing every line
- 27.True or false: “headings and bullets” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
- 29.True or false: “studying all night” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 31.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
- 32.📖 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
- 33.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: scrolling in bed? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 34.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) no review at all (b) 1 hour on 4 days (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) 4 hours on exam day
- 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
- 36.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) to save paper (b) it is a rule (c) the memory lasts longer (d) teachers say so
- 37.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
- 38.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: studying all night? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 39.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one formula, 20 times (d) switching topic each sum
Answer key
- a whole page per card
- helps learning
- good light
- one keyword per branch
- a firm chair
- reading the notes again
- 10
- one chapter’s sums only
- recalling from memory
- the main topic
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- headings and bullets
- False
- phone in another room
- a poor study spot
- True
- same type, page by page
- checking messages
- 5
- False
- write what you know
- hurts learning
- active recall
- False
- a poor flashcard habit
- adding small diagrams
- False
- Cornell notes
- False
- interleaving
- the cards you missed
- familiar is not known
- hurts learning
- 1 hour on 4 days
- explaining it aloud
- the memory lasts longer
- True
- hurts learning
- blocked practice
- one formula, 20 times
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