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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: one long read-through? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 2.Which of these helps learning? (a) no break for hours (b) a new bedtime every day (c) short breaks to stretch (d) scrolling in bed
- 3.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 6.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on in the room (c) notifications off (d) one task at a time
- 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
- 10.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) normal and useful (b) bad for learning (c) a waste of time (d) a sign to stop
- 11.Which of these helps learning? (a) a new bedtime every day (b) a TV on while studying (c) screens off before bed (d) no break for hours
- 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) mice (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
- 13.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) notes in the big column (d) a cue column on the left
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
- 15.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) studying once, long (b) never reviewing (c) cramming at night (d) reviewing over time
- 16.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 17.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Formula for speed? (d) mice
- 18.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: all in one night? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) on the bed (b) a firm chair (c) good light (d) a quiet corner
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) all area sums together
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving some space (b) your own words (c) a look within a day (d) never looking again
- 22.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) algebra and area mixed (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) old and new topics mixed
- 24.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 25.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) seeing links in a topic (b) hiding the details (c) copying a whole book (d) writing an essay out
- 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 27.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 28.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) watch a late film (b) game till late (c) study till 3 AM (d) sleep on time
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
- 30.True or false: “a short walk outdoors” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) never reviewing again (c) six hours in one go (d) all in one night
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
- 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
- 34.📅 You learn a new topic on day 3 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 36.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: checking messages? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 37.📅 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 2?
- 38.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) 20 algebra sums only (b) area sums only (c) one percentage page (d) algebra, area, %, mixed
- 39.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) switching topic each sum
- 40.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
Answer key
- cramming
- short breaks to stretch
- a poor notes habit
- interleaving
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- explaining it aloud
- TV on in the room
- reading the notes again
- normal and useful
- screens off before bed
- 7 × 8 = ?
- top-to-bottom lists
- the back
- reviewing over time
- 210
- mice
- cramming
- on the bed
- all area sums together
- never looking again
- False
- one formula, 20 times
- 100
- seeing links in a topic
- recalling from memory
- False
- sleep on time
- answering a quiz
- True
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- testing yourself
- testing yourself
- 4
- the front
- breaks your focus
- 11
- algebra, area, %, mixed
- only fraction sums
- Cornell notes
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