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 is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 2.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 3.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
- 4.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 6.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 7.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) leaving some space (c) your own words (d) ten colours a page
- 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
- 9.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a dim room? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) one keyword per branch (c) numbered points in order (d) main topic in the centre
- 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
- 12.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
- 13.Which of these helps you focus? (a) a messy desk (b) TV on in the room (c) phone in another room (d) no break for 3 hours
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
- 15.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: last-minute marathons? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
- 17.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) never fails (b) is the best way (c) fades very quickly (d) lasts for years
- 18.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 19.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a full night’s sleep? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 20.True or false: “all in one night” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
- 22.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
- 24.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 25.📅 You learn a new topic on day 2 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 26.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) teachers say so (b) it is a rule (c) to save paper (d) the memory lasts longer
- 27.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a dim room (b) a cluttered table (c) a firm chair (d) TV in view
- 28.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) starting the day before (b) last-minute marathons (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) all in one night
- 29.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) last-minute marathons (b) all in one night (c) a review calendar (d) starting the day before
- 31.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 32.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) take in water (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 35.True or false: “old topics each week” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
- 39.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: all in one night? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
Answer key
- looking at the diagrams
- blocked practice
- “What do roots do?”
- False
- blocked practice
- 90
- ten colours a page
- self-made flashcards
- a poor study spot
- numbered points in order
- write what you know
- more practice on misses
- phone in another room
- recalling from memory
- cramming
- answering with book shut
- fades very quickly
- 100
- helps learning
- False
- looking at the diagrams
- a poor notes habit
- testing yourself
- True
- 3
- the memory lasts longer
- a firm chair
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- False
- a review calendar
- breaks your focus
- True
- False
- Capital of Kerala?
- False
- True
- a good flashcard habit
- quizzing a friend
- cramming
- teaching it to a sibling
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