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) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
- 2.True or false: “main topic in the centre” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) it needs no thinking (c) it is shorter (d) you practise choosing
- 4.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 5.📅 You learn a topic on day 2. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 2?
- 6.🎯 Before starting a session, decide… (a) your next snack (b) nothing at all (c) ten tasks (d) one clear task
- 7.📵 Ananya wants to switch off all screens 15 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 9:30 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:30 PM (b) 9:00 PM (c) 9:15 PM (d) 9:45 PM
- 8.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
- 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) making your own cards
- 11.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you missed (d) the newest only
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
- 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
- 14.📅 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 second review?
- 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
- 16.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 17.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear desk (b) a quiet corner (c) books within reach (d) phone face-up nearby
- 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 20.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) all area sums together (c) same type, page by page (d) only fraction sums
- 22.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 23.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) 3 hours (b) all day (c) 25 minutes (d) 5 minutes
- 24.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) on the bed (b) a clear desk (c) TV in view (d) phone face-up nearby
- 25.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) same type, page by page (c) only fraction sums (d) old and new topics mixed
- 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
- 27.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
- 28.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 30.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) old topics each week (c) a little every day (d) six hours in one go
- 32.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
- 34.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
- 35.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: no break for hours? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 36.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these helps you focus? (a) a timer on the desk (b) a messy desk (c) no break for 3 hours (d) TV on in the room
- 38.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) only fraction sums (c) all area sums together (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 39.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a clear desk (b) books within reach (c) on the bed (d) the same spot daily
- 40.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- answering a quiz
- False
- you practise choosing
- a poor notes habit
- 5
- one clear task
- 9:15 PM
- blocked practice
- covering the answers
- reading both sides
- the cards you missed
- answering with book shut
- flipping straight away
- 7
- testing yourself
- False
- hurts learning
- phone face-up nearby
- the front
- False
- algebra and area mixed
- linear notes
- 25 minutes
- a clear desk
- old and new topics mixed
- answering with book shut
- a mind map
- False
- blocked practice
- a poor notes habit
- six hours in one go
- True
- close it and recall it
- only the easy cards
- hurts learning
- True
- a timer on the desk
- a shuffled set of sums
- on the bed
- False
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