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: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 2.Which of these is cramming? (a) all in one night (b) a review calendar (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) a little every day
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a timer on the desk (c) checking messages (d) notifications off
- 4.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
- 5.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) for every revision (b) the night before exams (c) never at all (d) when first learning
- 6.True or false: “starting without a plan” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 7.📅 You learn a new topic on day 16 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 8.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 9.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) water bottle ready (b) phone in another room (c) TV on in the room (d) one task at a time
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
- 11.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) studying once, long (b) cramming at night (c) reviewing over time (d) never reviewing
- 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
- 13.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) What do roots do? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) modern
- 14.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: one keyword per branch? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
- 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
- 16.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 17.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 90 minutes?
- 18.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “never reviewing again” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a quiet corner? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) a question on the front (c) the same order always (d) shuffling the deck
- 24.🍅 You want 50 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 25.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) are not allowed (b) make you forget (c) waste all your time (d) help you refocus
- 26.📵 Tara wants to switch off all screens 60 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:30 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 10:30 PM (b) 8:30 PM (c) 9:30 PM (d) 11:30 PM
- 27.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 28.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
- 29.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) area (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) ratio
- 30.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: studying all night? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 31.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 34.🪑 The best study spot is… (a) a dark corner (b) on your bed (c) quiet, tidy and bright (d) in front of the TV
- 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
- 36.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 37.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 38.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) never reviewing again (c) all in one night (d) six hours in one go
- 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for the session (b) TV on in the room (c) phone in another room (d) water bottle ready
Answer key
- interleaving
- all in one night
- checking messages
- see it again sooner
- when first learning
- False
- 17
- blocked practice
- TV on in the room
- looking at the diagrams
- reviewing over time
- answering a quiz
- modern
- a mind map
- testing yourself
- helps you focus
- 3
- True
- True
- True
- True
- a good study spot
- the same order always
- 2
- help you refocus
- 9:30 PM
- algebra and area mixed
- one fact per card
- ratio
- hurts learning
- False
- teaching it to a sibling
- scanning the headings
- quiet, tidy and bright
- the back
- one topic all evening
- interleaving
- gaps that grow longer
- a poor flashcard habit
- TV on in the room
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