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 timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 2.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 170 minutes?
- 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
- 4.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good light (b) phone face-up nearby (c) on the bed (d) a noisy hallway
- 7.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) one fact or idea (c) ten facts (d) a whole chapter
- 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) making your own cards (d) the same order always
- 10.True or false: “six hours in one go” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: no break for 3 hours? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) colours and small icons (c) branches for subtopics (d) one keyword per branch
- 14.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) never testing yourself
- 15.True or false: “scrolling in bed” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a firm chair (b) a noisy hallway (c) the same spot daily (d) good light
- 17.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these helps you focus? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) a messy desk (d) phone in another room
- 19.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
- 22.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) adding small diagrams (c) clear headings (d) no headings at all
- 24.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 25.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) one keyword per branch (c) branches for subtopics (d) main topic in the centre
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) one fact per card
- 28.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 17, and the gap before it was 7 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) a summary at the bottom (c) branches for subtopics (d) notes in the big column
- 30.True or false: “a review calendar” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
- 32.📅 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
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes in the big column (b) cue questions in margin (c) colours and small icons (d) a summary at the bottom
- 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 35.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: screens off before bed? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 37.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 38.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) you think as you write (c) they look nicer (d) nobody checks them
- 39.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a new bedtime every day? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
Answer key
- helps you focus
- 5
- explaining it aloud
- True
- False
- good light
- one fact or idea
- looking at the diagrams
- the same order always
- False
- breaks your focus
- listening to a recap
- a summary at the bottom
- shuffling the deck
- True
- a noisy hallway
- True
- phone in another room
- Cornell notes
- a blank-page brain dump
- making your own cards
- breaks your focus
- no headings at all
- a good notes habit
- Cornell notes
- top-to-bottom lists
- never testing yourself
- 31
- branches for subtopics
- False
- answering a quiz
- fades very quickly
- colours and small icons
- the front
- helps learning
- interleaving
- Thiruvananthapuram
- you think as you write
- hurts learning
- covering the answers
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