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.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) area (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) percentage
- 2.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 4.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 6.📅 You learn a topic on day 15. 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?
- 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) old and new topics mixed
- 9.📅 You learn a topic on day 2. 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?
- 10.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) never testing yourself
- 13.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) notifications off (b) water bottle ready (c) phone in another room (d) no break for 3 hours
- 14.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) a sign to stop (c) normal and useful (d) a waste of time
- 15.True or false: “six hours in one go” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Formula for speed? (c) modern (d) 56
- 17.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one night (b) a little every day (c) short repeat sessions (d) old topics each week
- 19.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
- 20.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Formula for speed? (c) 56 (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 21.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
- 23.Which of these is cramming? (a) a little every day (b) old topics each week (c) all in one night (d) short repeat sessions
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
- 26.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 190 minutes?
- 27.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) writing every line (b) copying word for word (c) never looking again (d) clear headings
- 28.🪑 The best study spot is… (a) quiet, tidy and bright (b) a dark corner (c) on your bed (d) in front of the TV
- 29.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 30.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) What do roots do? (d) distance ÷ time
- 31.📅 You learn a new topic on day 20 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 32.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
- 33.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
- 34.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 1-minute snack (b) a 5-minute break (c) no break (d) a 2-hour nap
- 35.Which of these helps learning? (a) a glass of water (b) scrolling in bed (c) a new bedtime every day (d) no break for hours
- 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 37.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True
- 38.📅 You learn a new topic on day 13 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
- 40.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- ratio
- True
- a good notes habit
- True
- helps you focus
- 30
- testing yourself
- one chapter’s sums only
- 17
- True
- True
- never testing yourself
- no break for 3 hours
- normal and useful
- True
- Formula for speed?
- False
- all in one night
- answer first, then flip
- 56
- True
- testing yourself
- all in one night
- one fact per card
- flipping straight away
- 6
- clear headings
- quiet, tidy and bright
- interleaving
- What do roots do?
- 34
- familiar is not known
- area
- a 5-minute break
- a glass of water
- a poor flashcard habit
- False
- 27
- recalling without notes
- False
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