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.📅 You learn a new topic on day 17 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 3.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) area (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) fractions
- 4.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 5.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
- 6.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 8.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
- 9.😴 Nisha goes to bed at 8:00 PM and wakes up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
- 11.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) cue questions in margin (c) numbered points in order (d) colours and small icons
- 12.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to finish faster (c) so order gives no clue (d) to make it messy
- 13.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) skipping hard topics (c) one topic for weeks (d) reading only
- 14.Which of these is cramming? (a) a little every day (b) last-minute marathons (c) short repeat sessions (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 15.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 16.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
- 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) reading both sides (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
- 19.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 45 minutes?
- 20.True or false: “TV on in the room” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) phone face-up nearby (b) good light (c) on the bed (d) a cluttered table
- 23.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 24.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: top-to-bottom lists? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
- 25.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a short walk outdoors (b) a regular bedtime (c) scrolling in bed (d) a glass of water
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) old topics each week (c) one long read-through (d) a little every day
- 27.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 28.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
- 29.📅 You learn a new topic on day 5 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) no break for 3 hours (c) TV on in the room (d) phone in another room
- 31.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
- 33.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a noisy hallway? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 34.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) branches for subtopics (c) a cue column on the left (d) numbered points in order
- 35.📅 You learn a new topic on day 3 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
- 37.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 39.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 20
- active recall
- fractions
- breaks your focus
- see it again sooner
- True
- a poor study spot
- Cornell notes
- 9
- quizzing a friend
- colours and small icons
- so order gives no clue
- mixing different topics
- last-minute marathons
- 90
- False
- the back
- a question on the front
- 1
- True
- True
- good light
- interleaving
- linear notes
- scrolling in bed
- one long read-through
- linear notes
- write what you know
- 19
- phone in another room
- True
- explaining it aloud
- a poor study spot
- numbered points in order
- 6
- copying the summary
- True
- 240
- True
- True
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