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.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 2.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) TV in view (b) a quiet corner (c) phone face-up nearby (d) a noisy hallway
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for the session (b) notifications off (c) a timer on the desk (d) TV on in the room
- 5.🎯 Before starting a session, decide… (a) ten tasks (b) your next snack (c) one clear task (d) nothing at all
- 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 7.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.📅 You learn a topic on day 8. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 4?
- 9.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to make it messy (c) to lose some (d) to finish faster
- 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
- 11.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 12.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) branches for subtopics (c) headings and bullets (d) notes in the big column
- 13.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: short repeat sessions? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 14.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: no break for 3 hours? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 16.Which of these is cramming? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) short repeat sessions (c) starting the day before (d) a little every day
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) short keywords (c) ten colours a page (d) leaving some space
- 18.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
- 19.😴 Vihaan goes to bed at 10:00 PM and wakes up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each week (b) all in one night (c) never reviewing again (d) six hours in one go
- 23.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) old topics each week (c) short repeat sessions (d) starting the day before
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) a goal for the session (c) water bottle ready (d) starting without a plan
- 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 27.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) never looking again (c) copying word for word (d) ten colours a page
- 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 30.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) good light (b) a dim room (c) a cluttered table (d) TV in view
- 31.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) old and new topics mixed (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one topic all evening
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
- 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
- 34.True or false: “a glass of water” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
- 37.🍅 After four Pomodoro rounds, many people take… (a) a test (b) a new subject (c) no more breaks (d) a longer break
- 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
- 39.True or false: “a goal for the session” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) 3 hours (b) 5 minutes (c) 25 minutes (d) all day
Answer key
- interleaving
- False
- a quiet corner
- TV on in the room
- one clear task
- interleaving
- True
- 23
- so order gives no clue
- explaining it aloud
- blocked practice
- notes in the big column
- spaced practice
- False
- breaks your focus
- starting the day before
- ten colours a page
- “What do roots do?”
- 7
- highlighting in yellow
- copying the summary
- old topics each week
- True
- starting the day before
- starting without a plan
- active recall
- a good notes habit
- clear headings
- teaching it to a sibling
- good light
- one topic all evening
- a whole page per card
- testing yourself
- True
- a good notes habit
- recalling from memory
- a longer break
- quizzing a friend
- True
- 25 minutes
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