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.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
- 2.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 3.True or false: “a goal for the session” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
- 6.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) no headings at all (c) never looking again (d) tiny cramped writing
- 7.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 8.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each week? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on in the room (b) a messy desk (c) no break for 3 hours (d) phone in another room
- 11.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) your doodles (b) the whole chapter (c) the teacher’s name (d) cues and key questions
- 12.True or false: “never reviewing again” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a messy desk (b) phone in another room (c) a goal for the session (d) one task at a time
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for the session (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
- 15.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 16.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 6, and the gap before it was 5 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 17.True or false: “notifications off” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 19.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: short breaks to stretch? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 20.📅 You learn a topic on day 14. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 2?
- 21.😴 Nisha goes to bed at 11:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 22.True or false: “six hours in one go” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
- 24.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) headings and bullets (c) numbered points in order (d) a cue column on the left
- 26.True or false: “a timer on the desk” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a review calendar (b) six hours in one go (c) never reviewing again (d) one long read-through
- 29.🗺️ 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
- 30.📅 You learn a new topic on day 6 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) only the easy cards (c) a whole page per card (d) the same order always
- 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 35.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: starting without a plan? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
- 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
- 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Formula for speed? (c) take in water (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
- 39.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
Answer key
- fractions
- hurts learning
- False
- self-made flashcards
- highlighting in yellow
- short keywords
- a poor study spot
- spaced practice
- covering the answers
- phone in another room
- cues and key questions
- False
- a messy desk
- three tasks at once
- cramming
- 16
- False
- a good flashcard habit
- helps learning
- 17
- 6
- False
- writing it from memory
- blocked practice
- a cue column on the left
- True
- a good notes habit
- a review calendar
- the main topic
- 7
- passive review
- quizzing a friend
- answer first, then flip
- a good flashcard habit
- breaks your focus
- testing yourself
- the back
- take in water
- interleaving
- a good flashcard habit
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