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 of these makes a good study spot? (a) on the bed (b) the same spot daily (c) a cluttered table (d) TV in view
- 2.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
- 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
- 5.True or false: “all area sums together” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 6.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you know (d) the newest only
- 7.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) cues and key questions (b) the teacher’s name (c) the whole chapter (d) your doodles
- 8.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 9, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 9.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 10.🍅 You want 125 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 11.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) a glass of water (c) a TV on while studying (d) a short walk outdoors
- 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 13.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
- 14.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV in view (b) a cluttered table (c) a firm chair (d) a noisy hallway
- 17.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a cluttered table (b) TV in view (c) a clear desk (d) phone face-up nearby
- 18.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) see it again sooner (c) throw it away (d) never use it again
- 19.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
- 20.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a regular bedtime (b) a new bedtime every day (c) a glass of water (d) a full night’s sleep
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) clear headings (c) a look within a day (d) your own words
- 22.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 23.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 140 minutes?
- 24.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
- 26.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) good light (b) a noisy hallway (c) books within reach (d) a quiet corner
- 27.🔁 Why study in the same spot each day? (a) it is a rule (b) it saves electricity (c) it cues you to focus (d) to hide from family
- 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
- 29.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) one task at a time (b) water bottle ready (c) TV on in the room (d) a goal for the session
- 30.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) no headings at all (c) writing every line (d) ten colours a page
- 32.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
- 34.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 35.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 36.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 37.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
Answer key
- the same spot daily
- a good notes habit
- testing yourself
- the back
- False
- the cards you missed
- cues and key questions
- 15
- blocked practice
- 5
- a TV on while studying
- passive review
- close it and recall it
- False
- False
- a firm chair
- a clear desk
- see it again sooner
- “What do roots do?”
- a new bedtime every day
- tiny cramped writing
- helps you focus
- 4
- a poor notes habit
- answering a quiz
- a noisy hallway
- it cues you to focus
- listening to a recap
- TV on in the room
- Cornell notes
- clear headings
- a good study spot
- covering the answers
- hurts learning
- blocked practice
- a good notes habit
- True
- 175
- recalling without notes
- scanning the headings
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