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 of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) only the easy cards (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card
- 2.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a short walk outdoors (b) gaming till midnight (c) a full night’s sleep (d) screens off before bed
- 3.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: last-minute marathons? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 4.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: phone in another room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 5.Which of these helps you focus? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) starting without a plan (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
- 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 7.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) one keyword per branch (c) headings and bullets (d) a cue column on the left
- 8.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) with no headings (b) in tiny writing (c) copied word for word (d) in your own words
- 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 10.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 11.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours in 1 night (b) no review at all (c) 1 hour on 4 days (d) 4 hours on exam day
- 12.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) water bottle ready
- 13.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 14.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a glass of water (b) short breaks to stretch (c) scrolling in bed (d) screens off before bed
- 15.🧠 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
- 16.📅 You learn a new topic on day 20 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 17.True or false: “short repeat sessions” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 19.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) area
- 20.True or false: “one long read-through” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 22.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
- 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
- 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
- 25.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 26.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to lose some
- 27.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) a summary at the bottom (c) main topic in the centre (d) cue questions in margin
- 29.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) area
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) a messy desk (c) TV on in the room (d) a goal for the session
- 31.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 32.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 33.📅 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 3?
- 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 36.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
- 37.📅 You learn a topic on day 2. 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?
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on in the room (b) notifications off (c) checking messages (d) no break for 3 hours
- 39.Which of these helps you focus? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on in the room (c) checking messages (d) notifications off
- 40.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
Answer key
- one fact per card
- gaming till midnight
- cramming
- helps you focus
- one task at a time
- blocked practice
- one keyword per branch
- in your own words
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- 1 hour on 4 days
- three tasks at once
- hurts learning
- scrolling in bed
- explaining it aloud
- 23
- True
- 120
- ratio
- True
- a poor flashcard habit
- flipping straight away
- the back
- testing yourself
- blocked practice
- so order gives no clue
- True
- main topic in the centre
- area
- a goal for the session
- 200
- 175
- 10
- passive review
- passive review
- ratio
- 17
- notifications off
- notifications off
- blocked practice
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