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.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: clear headings? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 2.Which of these is cramming? (a) all in one night (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) a review calendar (d) a little every day
- 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 4.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: phone in another room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 5.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
- 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
- 8.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a quiet corner (b) phone face-up nearby (c) the same spot daily (d) books within reach
- 9.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: last-minute marathons? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 10.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 11.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) is the best way (b) lasts for years (c) never fails (d) fades very quickly
- 12.📅 You learn a new topic on day 4 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 13.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) when first learning (d) never at all
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
- 15.Which of these helps learning? (a) gaming till midnight (b) scrolling in bed (c) a new bedtime every day (d) a full night’s sleep
- 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
- 17.True or false: “a timer on the desk” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 18.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) clear headings (c) leaving some space (d) adding small diagrams
- 20.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
- 21.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) starting the day before (c) old topics each week (d) a little every day
- 23.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a regular bedtime (b) screens off before bed (c) a new bedtime every day (d) a short walk outdoors
- 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
- 25.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) mixing different topics (c) skipping hard topics (d) one topic for weeks
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) a review calendar (c) six hours in one go (d) old topics each week
- 27.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) numbered points in order (c) main topic in the centre (d) one keyword per branch
- 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 30.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 4, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) phone in another room (c) no break for 3 hours (d) water bottle ready
- 32.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) copying a whole book (b) writing an essay out (c) hiding the details (d) seeing links in a topic
- 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
- 35.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 2-hour nap (b) no break (c) a 1-minute snack (d) a 5-minute break
- 36.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
- 39.😴 Meera goes to bed at 10:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
Answer key
- a good notes habit
- all in one night
- passive review
- helps you focus
- “What do roots do?”
- a good flashcard habit
- listening to a recap
- phone face-up nearby
- cramming
- spaced practice
- fades very quickly
- 7
- when first learning
- the back
- a full night’s sleep
- recalling from memory
- False
- hurts learning
- tiny cramped writing
- familiar is not known
- False
- starting the day before
- a new bedtime every day
- covering the answers
- mixing different topics
- six hours in one go
- write what you know
- numbered points in order
- active recall
- 8
- no break for 3 hours
- seeing links in a topic
- a poor flashcard habit
- close it and recall it
- a 5-minute break
- True
- 200
- testing yourself
- 7
- self-made flashcards
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