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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
- 2.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 3.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) no review at all (b) 4 hours on exam day (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) 1 hour on 4 days
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) reading both sides
- 5.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a clear desk (b) a quiet corner (c) phone face-up nearby (d) good light
- 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) numbered points in order (c) headings and bullets (d) a cue column on the left
- 8.🍅 You want 50 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) six hours in one go (c) one long read-through (d) all in one night
- 10.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) same type, page by page
- 11.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
- 13.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: screens off before bed? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 14.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: checking messages? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a firm chair (b) on the bed (c) the same spot daily (d) good light
- 16.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 200 minutes?
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
- 18.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) switching topic each sum (d) old and new topics mixed
- 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
- 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
- 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
- 22.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 23.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) notes in the big column (b) branches for subtopics (c) numbered points in order (d) top-to-bottom lists
- 24.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) ten facts
- 25.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a noisy hallway? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 26.Which of these helps learning? (a) scrolling in bed (b) a new bedtime every day (c) studying all night (d) a regular bedtime
- 27.📅 You learn a new topic on day 6 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
- 29.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) six hours in one go (b) a little every day (c) never reviewing again (d) last-minute marathons
- 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 31.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) the memory lasts longer (b) teachers say so (c) it is a rule (d) to save paper
- 32.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it helps store learning (b) it wastes study time (c) it erases notes (d) it does not matter
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cue questions in margin (b) a summary at the bottom (c) notes in the big column (d) top-to-bottom lists
- 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
- 35.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 36.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) clear headings (c) ten colours a page (d) a look within a day
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) ten colours a page (c) adding small diagrams (d) copying word for word
- 39.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) take in water (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 40.True or false: “gaming till midnight” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- recalling from memory
- helps you focus
- 1 hour on 4 days
- making your own cards
- phone face-up nearby
- blocked practice
- a cue column on the left
- 2
- gaps that grow longer
- a shuffled set of sums
- True
- testing yourself
- helps learning
- breaks your focus
- on the bed
- 6
- listening to a recap
- one formula, 20 times
- answering a quiz
- self-made flashcards
- listening to a recap
- cramming
- branches for subtopics
- one fact or idea
- a poor study spot
- a regular bedtime
- 13
- recalling from memory
- a little every day
- passive review
- the memory lasts longer
- it helps store learning
- top-to-bottom lists
- answering with book shut
- hurts learning
- recalling without notes
- ten colours a page
- adding small diagrams
- take in water
- False
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