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.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) a cue column on the left (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) notes in the big column
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a little every day (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) short repeat sessions (d) starting the day before
- 4.🗺️ In a mind map, what goes in the centre? (a) the last point (b) the page number (c) a small detail (d) the main topic
- 5.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all in one night (b) starting the day before (c) six hours in one go (d) old topics each week
- 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
- 7.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 8.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) ten colours a page (b) copying word for word (c) a look within a day (d) writing every line
- 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 10.🍅 You want 75 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 11.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) a cue column on the left (c) cue questions in margin (d) one keyword per branch
- 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
- 14.True or false: “no break for hours” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is cramming? (a) last-minute marathons (b) short repeat sessions (c) gaps that grow longer (d) a review calendar
- 16.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Formula for speed? (c) mice (d) What do roots do?
- 18.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) area (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) ratio
- 19.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) one topic for weeks (b) mixing different topics (c) reading only (d) skipping hard topics
- 20.😴 Tara goes to bed at 8:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
- 22.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
- 24.📅 You learn a new topic on day 16 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 25.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 27.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) when first learning
- 28.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 29.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 30.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: all in one night? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one topic all evening (d) same type, page by page
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on in the room (c) phone in another room (d) a messy desk
- 33.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
- 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
- 36.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) to save paper (b) the memory lasts longer (c) teachers say so (d) it is a rule
- 37.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a full night’s sleep? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
- 39.🧠 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
- 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
Answer key
- False
- top-to-bottom lists
- starting the day before
- the main topic
- old topics each week
- practice questions
- a good notes habit
- a look within a day
- active recall
- 3
- cramming
- one keyword per branch
- testing yourself
- False
- last-minute marathons
- True
- mice
- fractions
- mixing different topics
- 9
- explaining it aloud
- cramming
- listening to a recap
- 30
- making your own cards
- one topic all evening
- when first learning
- a mind map
- True
- cramming
- a mixed revision quiz
- phone in another room
- helps you focus
- teaching it to a sibling
- recalling from memory
- the memory lasts longer
- helps learning
- listening to a recap
- recalling from memory
- self-made flashcards
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