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.True or false: “water bottle ready” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a quiet corner? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) a question on the front (d) the same order always
- 4.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) copying a whole book (b) hiding the details (c) writing an essay out (d) seeing links in a topic
- 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
- 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
- 7.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) no review at all (b) 4 hours in 1 night (c) 1 hour on 4 days (d) 4 hours on exam day
- 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 9.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a firm chair? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 10.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 10, and the gap before it was 7 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 12.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
- 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) six hours in one go (c) never reviewing again (d) all in one night
- 15.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 160 minutes?
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) no headings at all (c) copying word for word (d) leaving some space
- 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 18.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: studying all night? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
- 20.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “main topic in the centre” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip
- 23.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 165 minutes?
- 24.True or false: “screens off before bed” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 125 minutes?
- 26.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) a goal for the session (c) a timer on the desk (d) notifications off
- 27.True or false: “scrolling in bed” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 29.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a question on the front (c) never testing yourself (d) the same order always
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 31.📅 You learn a topic on day 3. 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?
- 32.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the newest only (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
- 33.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 34.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) adding small diagrams (c) a look within a day (d) leaving some space
- 36.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 9, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good light (b) a noisy hallway (c) a cluttered table (d) phone face-up nearby
- 38.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
- 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
- 40.Which of these helps learning? (a) a new bedtime every day (b) a full night’s sleep (c) gaming till midnight (d) scrolling in bed
Answer key
- False
- a good study spot
- the same order always
- seeing links in a topic
- explaining it aloud
- practice questions
- 1 hour on 4 days
- active recall
- a good study spot
- 24
- the front
- Cornell notes
- copying the summary
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- 5
- leaving some space
- listening to a recap
- hurts learning
- testing yourself
- False
- False
- only the easy cards
- 5
- True
- 4
- no break for 3 hours
- False
- 100
- a question on the front
- highlighting in yellow
- 18
- the cards you missed
- 75
- 200
- ten colours a page
- 15
- good light
- “What do roots do?”
- reading the notes again
- a full night’s sleep
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