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.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 2.📅 You learn a new topic on day 9 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 3.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the cards you missed (c) the cards you know (d) the newest only
- 5.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 6.📵 Saanvi wants to switch off all screens 60 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:00 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 7:00 PM (b) 8:00 PM (c) 9:00 PM (d) 6:00 PM
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
- 8.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: no break for 3 hours? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 9.📅 You learn a new topic on day 11 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 10.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 11.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 19, and the gap before it was 4 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 12.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 13.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a short walk outdoors (b) screens off before bed (c) a regular bedtime (d) a new bedtime every day
- 14.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “one long read-through” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) your own words (c) never looking again (d) tiny cramped writing
- 17.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a whole chapter (c) a full page (d) ten facts
- 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 19.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) modern (c) What do roots do? (d) distance ÷ time
- 20.📅 You learn a new topic on day 7 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 21.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 22.True or false: “phone in another room” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) last-minute marathons (b) six hours in one go (c) starting the day before (d) a review calendar
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 25.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) only the easy cards (c) a whole page per card (d) never testing yourself
- 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
- 27.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 100 minutes?
- 28.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) see it again sooner (d) never use it again
- 29.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) same type, page by page (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) only fraction sums
- 30.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) copying word for word (b) writing every line (c) clear headings (d) no headings at all
- 31.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a glass of water (b) screens off before bed (c) scrolling in bed (d) a full night’s sleep
- 32.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 33.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 34.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a cluttered table (b) books within reach (c) phone face-up nearby (d) TV in view
- 35.📵 Where is the best place for your phone while you study? (a) under the pillow (b) in your hand (c) on the book (d) in another room
- 36.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) fades very quickly (b) lasts for years (c) is the best way (d) never fails
- 37.True or false: “last-minute marathons” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) never looking again (c) no headings at all (d) a look within a day
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) same type, page by page (d) only fraction sums
Answer key
- spaced practice
- 10
- False
- the cards you missed
- True
- 7:00 PM
- a whole page per card
- breaks your focus
- 18
- False
- 27
- 150
- a new bedtime every day
- False
- True
- your own words
- one fact or idea
- passive review
- What do roots do?
- 10
- helps you focus
- True
- a review calendar
- one formula, 20 times
- making your own cards
- testing yourself
- 3
- see it again sooner
- switching topic each sum
- clear headings
- scrolling in bed
- False
- Cornell notes
- books within reach
- in another room
- fades very quickly
- False
- a look within a day
- one chapter’s sums only
- a mixed revision quiz
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