Time Management
What is the name of the method where you work for 25 minutes and take a 5-minute break?
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
What is the technique of using vivid images and familiar locations to remember information?
What is the method of loci or memory palace?
This type of test practice helps reduce anxiety and builds confidence.
What is taking practice tests?
This classic note-taking method divides your paper into cues, notes, and summaries.
What is the Cornell Method?
Turning off your phone and notifications can help reduce this.
What is distraction?
This tool helps you break big tasks into smaller, more manageable parts.
What is a to-do list or task breakdown?
What kind of acronym helps you remember the order of operations in math: PEMDAS?
What is a mnemonic device?
Before a test, it’s better to study in this type of environment.
What is a quiet, distraction-free environment?
What type of visual note helps you organize main ideas and supporting details with branches?
What is a mind map?
Having a specific goal and reward can increase this key success factor.
What is motivation?
Which part of the day are people usually most productive for deep focus tasks?
What is the morning?
What learning technique involves repeating information over increasing intervals of time?
What is spaced repetition?
Reviewing incorrect answers on old quizzes is an example of what learning process?
What is error analysis or reflection?
When taking notes during lectures, it's best to avoid writing down…?
What are word-for-word or verbatim notes?
This type of music is often used to help maintain concentration.
What is instrumental or lo-fi music?
What’s the term for estimating and assigning time blocks to each task on your calendar?
What is time blocking?
Rhymes like “i before e except after c” are examples of what kind of memory aid?
What is a rhyme or jingle mnemonic?
What is the term for pretending you're teaching material to help you learn it?
What is the Feynman Technique?
Which strategy involves leaving space in your notes to add later thoughts or questions?
What is the 2-column or revisiting technique?
This strategy involves using positive self-talk and visualizing success.
What is mental rehearsal or visualization?
This principle suggests that tasks expand to fill the time available for completion.
What is Parkinson’s Law?
What’s it called when you associate new information with something you already know?
What is elaborative rehearsal?
Studying a little each day instead of cramming is called what?
What is distributed practice?
Abbreviating words and using symbols are examples of what note-taking strategy?
What is shorthand?
The drive that comes from internal desire rather than external rewards is called what?
What is intrinsic motivation?