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 messy desk? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 2.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
- 3.📅 You learn a topic on day 9. 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?
- 4.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 3, and the gap before it was 7 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cluttered table (b) the same spot daily (c) books within reach (d) a clear desk
- 6.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) your doodles (b) the whole chapter (c) cues and key questions (d) the teacher’s name
- 7.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) never reviewing again (b) a little every day (c) starting the day before (d) six hours in one go
- 8.📅 You learn a topic on day 1. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
- 9.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it saves cards (c) it looks smart (d) it is active recall
- 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 11.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) the same order always (c) making your own cards (d) shuffling the deck
- 12.True or false: “no break for 3 hours” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
- 15.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no headings at all (b) ten colours a page (c) copying word for word (d) your own words
- 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
- 18.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
- 19.😴 Rohan goes to bed at 8:30 PM and wakes up at 7:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
- 21.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: review on days 1, 3, 7? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 22.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water bottle ready (b) a timer on the desk (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
- 24.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 2-hour nap (b) a 1-minute snack (c) no break (d) a 5-minute break
- 25.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) one percentage page (d) algebra, area, %, mixed
- 26.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) take in water
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear desk (b) phone face-up nearby (c) a dim room (d) TV in view
- 28.😴 Ishaan goes to bed at 11:30 PM and wakes up at 7:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 29.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never reviewing again (b) last-minute marathons (c) all in one night (d) old topics each week
- 31.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a sign to stop (b) bad for learning (c) a waste of time (d) normal and useful
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) starting without a plan
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) numbered points in order (b) branches for subtopics (c) colours and small icons (d) one keyword per branch
- 34.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 35.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) branches for subtopics (c) notes in the big column (d) a summary at the bottom
- 36.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
- 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
- 38.📅 You learn a topic on day 14. 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?
- 39.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 40.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) colours and small icons (b) notes in the big column (c) headings and bullets (d) branches for subtopics
Answer key
- breaks your focus
- flipping straight away
- 12
- 17
- a cluttered table
- cues and key questions
- a little every day
- 8
- it is active recall
- interleaving
- the same order always
- False
- highlighting in yellow
- practice questions
- Cornell notes
- your own words
- testing yourself
- the cards you missed
- 11
- the back
- spaced practice
- False
- three tasks at once
- a 5-minute break
- algebra, area, %, mixed
- take in water
- a clear desk
- 8
- False
- old topics each week
- normal and useful
- starting without a plan
- numbered points in order
- distance ÷ time
- top-to-bottom lists
- familiar is not known
- testing yourself
- 29
- Thiruvananthapuram
- notes in the big column
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