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.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 2.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) same type, page by page (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) algebra and area mixed
- 3.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 4.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 1 hour on 4 days (b) 4 hours on exam day (c) no review at all (d) 4 hours in 1 night
- 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
- 6.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 7, and the gap before it was 5 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 7.🪑 The best study spot is… (a) quiet, tidy and bright (b) in front of the TV (c) on your bed (d) a dark corner
- 8.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 20, and the gap before it was 5 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 9.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) all area sums together (d) switching topic each sum
- 10.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) the date only (b) nothing (c) a drawing (d) a short summary
- 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
- 13.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 14.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) main topic in the centre (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) branches for subtopics (d) a cue column on the left
- 15.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) more practice on misses (c) never testing yourself (d) only the easy cards
- 16.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 56 (d) distance ÷ time
- 17.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) lasts for years (b) is the best way (c) fades very quickly (d) never fails
- 18.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) area sums only (c) algebra, area, %, mixed (d) 20 algebra sums only
- 19.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 4, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 20.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) never testing yourself
- 21.🪑 Good or poor study spot: books within reach? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 22.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 23.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a glass of water? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 24.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 25.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) water bottle ready (d) a timer on the desk
- 26.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
- 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
- 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
- 29.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: three tasks at once? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 30.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) never reviewing again (b) six hours in one go (c) one long read-through (d) gaps that grow longer
- 31.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) mice (c) Formula for speed? (d) modern
- 33.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
- 34.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a cue column on the left (b) cue questions in margin (c) colours and small icons (d) numbered points in order
- 37.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) throw it away (c) never use it again (d) hide it for a month
- 38.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: scrolling in bed? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 40.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a messy desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
Answer key
- a good notes habit
- same type, page by page
- helps you focus
- 1 hour on 4 days
- self-made flashcards
- 17
- quiet, tidy and bright
- 30
- all area sums together
- a short summary
- a poor flashcard habit
- recalling from memory
- a poor study spot
- a cue column on the left
- more practice on misses
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- fades very quickly
- algebra, area, %, mixed
- 8
- answer first, then flip
- a good study spot
- Cornell notes
- helps learning
- interleaving
- three tasks at once
- fractions
- answering with book shut
- answering a quiz
- breaks your focus
- gaps that grow longer
- False
- Formula for speed?
- recalling without notes
- True
- False
- numbered points in order
- see it again sooner
- True
- hurts learning
- breaks your focus
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