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 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
- 2.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these is cramming? (a) never reviewing again (b) short repeat sessions (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) a review calendar
- 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 5.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) a timer on the desk (c) water bottle ready (d) notifications off
- 6.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) when first learning (c) for every revision (d) never at all
- 7.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each week? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) making your own cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) shuffling the deck
- 9.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: never looking again? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
- 11.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving some space (b) your own words (c) a look within a day (d) copying word for word
- 13.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 14.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a waste of time (b) normal and useful (c) a sign to stop (d) bad for learning
- 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same spot daily (b) a clear desk (c) a quiet corner (d) phone face-up nearby
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) starting the day before (c) short repeat sessions (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 18.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) main topic in the centre (c) one keyword per branch (d) top-to-bottom lists
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a little every day (b) old topics each week (c) all in one night (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 21.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
- 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 24.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) a look within a day (c) ten colours a page (d) your own words
- 25.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) modern (c) distance ÷ time (d) 56
- 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cue questions in margin (b) branches for subtopics (c) a cue column on the left (d) notes in the big column
- 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
- 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
- 30.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 60 minutes?
- 31.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) one topic all evening
- 32.True or false: “last-minute marathons” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: phone in another room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 34.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) modern (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 37.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 38.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) they look nicer (c) they are cheaper (d) nobody checks them
- 39.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) leaving some space (c) your own words (d) copying word for word
Answer key
- quizzing a friend
- False
- never reviewing again
- active recall
- no break for 3 hours
- when first learning
- spaced practice
- only the easy cards
- a poor notes habit
- practice questions
- spaced practice
- copying word for word
- 60
- normal and useful
- passive review
- phone face-up nearby
- starting the day before
- blocked practice
- top-to-bottom lists
- all in one night
- True
- covering the answers
- active recall
- ten colours a page
- Plural of “mouse”?
- a poor flashcard habit
- branches for subtopics
- recalling from memory
- scanning the headings
- 2
- algebra and area mixed
- False
- helps you focus
- False
- True
- 7 × 8 = ?
- True
- you think as you write
- True
- copying word for word
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