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.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 2.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
- 5.True or false: “starting without a plan” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) they are cheaper
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
- 9.Which of these helps learning? (a) studying all night (b) scrolling in bed (c) gaming till midnight (d) a regular bedtime
- 10.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) algebra and area mixed
- 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 13.🪑 The best study spot is… (a) quiet, tidy and bright (b) in front of the TV (c) a dark corner (d) on your bed
- 14.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 195 minutes?
- 15.True or false: “a timer on the desk” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “gaming till midnight” hurts learning. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 18.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
- 20.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) one fact per card (c) more practice on misses (d) only the easy cards
- 21.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 22.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a full page (c) ten facts (d) a whole chapter
- 23.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 180 minutes?
- 24.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 25.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 25, and the gap before it was 4 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 26.😴 Meera goes to bed at 9:00 PM and wakes up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
- 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 29.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
- 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
- 31.📅 You learn a new topic on day 8 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 32.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 33.😴 Kabir goes to bed at 8:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 34.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) it needs no thinking (c) you practise choosing (d) it is shorter
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) flipping straight away (c) the same order always (d) a whole page per card
- 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
- 37.Which of these is cramming? (a) short repeat sessions (b) never reviewing again (c) old topics each week (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) TV on in the room (c) a timer on the desk (d) water bottle ready
- 39.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a glass of water? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
Answer key
- breaks your focus
- a mixed revision quiz
- a good flashcard habit
- flipping straight away
- False
- you think as you write
- looking at the diagrams
- teaching it to a sibling
- a regular bedtime
- False
- one chapter’s sums only
- blocked practice
- quiet, tidy and bright
- 6
- True
- True
- blocked practice
- a good notes habit
- writing it from memory
- only the easy cards
- one topic all evening
- one fact or idea
- 6
- blocked practice
- 33
- 9
- self-made flashcards
- True
- Cornell notes
- reading the notes again
- 9
- False
- 9
- you practise choosing
- one fact per card
- practice questions
- never reviewing again
- TV on in the room
- helps learning
- the front
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