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: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
- 2.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: ten colours a page? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 3.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: a look within a day? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one night (b) a review calendar (c) six hours in one go (d) starting the day before
- 5.🧠 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
- 6.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) switching topic each sum (c) only fraction sums (d) one formula, 20 times
- 7.📅 You learn a new topic on day 14 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 8.📅 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?
- 9.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a quiet corner (b) TV in view (c) books within reach (d) a clear desk
- 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 11.True or false: “TV on in the room” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 13.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 14.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a drawing (b) the date only (c) nothing (d) a short summary
- 15.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
- 17.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) area (d) percentage
- 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
- 19.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: no break for 3 hours? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 20.True or false: “no break for 3 hours” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 23.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a firm chair (b) on the bed (c) good light (d) books within reach
- 24.📅 You learn a topic on day 11. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
- 26.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) clear headings (b) adding small diagrams (c) short keywords (d) copying word for word
- 27.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
- 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
- 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) take in water (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) cue questions in margin (d) a cue column on the left
- 31.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) old and new topics mixed
- 32.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) mixing different topics (c) skipping hard topics (d) one topic for weeks
- 33.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 1-minute snack (b) no break (c) a 2-hour nap (d) a 5-minute break
- 35.True or false: “same type, page by page” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 36.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 7, and the gap before it was 7 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cue questions in margin (b) main topic in the centre (c) notes in the big column (d) a summary at the bottom
- 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) a mixed revision quiz
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no headings at all (b) short keywords (c) ten colours a page (d) never looking again
Answer key
- explaining it aloud
- a poor notes habit
- a good notes habit
- a review calendar
- recalling from memory
- switching topic each sum
- 28
- 10
- TV in view
- active recall
- True
- False
- cramming
- a short summary
- False
- scanning the headings
- ratio
- more practice on misses
- breaks your focus
- False
- listening to a recap
- active recall
- on the bed
- 18
- reading the notes again
- copying word for word
- area
- practice questions
- Capital of Kerala?
- top-to-bottom lists
- same type, page by page
- mixing different topics
- True
- a 5-minute break
- False
- 21
- main topic in the centre
- a good flashcard habit
- one topic all evening
- short keywords
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