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.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 2.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) a whole page per card
- 3.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) a little every day (c) starting the day before (d) old topics each week
- 5.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 4, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 6.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
- 8.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) never use it again (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
- 9.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a dim room (b) books within reach (c) phone face-up nearby (d) a noisy hallway
- 10.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
- 13.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) lasts for years (b) never fails (c) is the best way (d) fades very quickly
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
- 15.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) old and new topics mixed (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
- 17.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they look nicer (c) you think as you write (d) they are cheaper
- 18.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
- 20.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) a summary at the bottom (c) notes in the big column (d) branches for subtopics
- 21.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a glass of water (b) scrolling in bed (c) a short walk outdoors (d) screens off before bed
- 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
- 24.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📅 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 first review?
- 26.📅 You learn a new topic on day 10 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 27.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 28.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) when first learning
- 29.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) switching topic each sum
- 30.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 31.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) a look within a day (c) your own words (d) copying word for word
- 32.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “one task at a time” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each week (b) all in one night (c) a little every day (d) gaps that grow longer
- 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 36.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) shuffling the deck (c) flipping straight away (d) more practice on misses
- 38.🧠 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
- 39.🍅 You want 175 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 40.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
Answer key
- a good notes habit
- a whole page per card
- False
- starting the day before
- 8
- 150
- practice questions
- see it again sooner
- books within reach
- True
- scanning the headings
- recalling from memory
- fades very quickly
- explaining it aloud
- True
- one chapter’s sums only
- you think as you write
- False
- useful — fix it now
- branches for subtopics
- True
- scrolling in bed
- the back
- False
- 7
- 17
- interleaving
- when first learning
- only fraction sums
- 120
- copying word for word
- False
- True
- all in one night
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- flipping straight away
- self-made flashcards
- 7
- linear notes
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