Time Management
What is the term for writing down tasks you need to do each day?
Hint: It’s something you check off as you go.
What is a to-do list?
Keeping your backpack and desk tidy.
Hint: Don’t let papers and supplies pile up.
Answer: What is “being organized”?
Reasoning: When your space is clean, you can find things faster and focus better.
The method of splitting your page into sections for notes, cues, and summary is called?
Hint: It shares its name with a famous university in New York.
What is the “Cornell Method”?
Reviewing notes before a test is called?
Hint: You do this to remember key info.
What is “studying” or “reviewing”?
Linking new information to something you already know.
Hint: Hook it to something familiar.
Answer: What is “association”?
Reasoning: Your brain remembers new things better when they connect to something known.
True or False: Multitasking is always the most productive way to work.
False
Using folders, binders, or notebooks for each subject.
Hint: Keep math, science, and English separate.
Answer: What is “sorting materials by subject”?
Reasoning: Sorting materials helps you quickly find the right notes and assignments.
Writing in your own words instead of copying directly is called?
Hint: It helps you understand better.
What is “paraphrasing”?
Practicing old quizzes or problems is called?
Hint: It’s like a “trial run” before the real thing.
What is “practice testing” or “self-testing”?
Using a funny phrase or acronym to remember facts.
Hint: “My Very Educated Mother…”
Answer: What is a “mnemonic”?
Reasoning: Mnemonics turn hard-to-remember info into something fun and easy to recall.
Name one benefit of using a daily planner.
Helps organize tasks, track deadlines, reduce stress
Writing down homework, tests, and due dates in one place.
Hint: You check it every day to stay on track.
Answer: What is “using a planner”?
Reasoning: Planners prevent forgetting assignments and help you manage time.
What is an example of “mind mapping” or “visual notes”?
Using colors, diagrams, or symbols to organize notes
Studying a little each day instead of all at once.
Hint: Avoid cramming.
Answer: What is “spaced practice”?
Reasoning: Studying a little at a time helps your brain remember information longer.
Breaking large amounts of info into smaller pieces.
Hint: Like remembering a phone number in parts.
Answer: What is “chunking”?
Reasoning: Smaller chunks are easier for your brain to hold and remember.
What is the “Pomodoro Technique”?
Working for 25 minutes, then taking a short break
Color-coding notes or binders helps your brain?
Hint: Think “visual memory boost.”
What is “quick recognition and memory”?
Summarizing what you learned at the end of class helps with?
Hint: Think about storing info in your brain.
R______ing Information
What is “retention” or “memory”? Retaining Information
Asking yourself questions about the material.
Hint: Pretend you are the teacher.
Answer: What is “self-testing”?
Reasoning: Testing yourself shows what you know and what you need to practice.
Using images in your mind to remember information is called?
Hint: Imagine it like a movie in your head.
Answer: What is “visualization”?
You have soccer practice at 4 PM and homework due tomorrow. What’s the first step in planning your evening?
List all tasks and schedule time for each
Digital tools like Google Drive, OneNote, or Notion are used for what?
Hint: Keeping your files and notes in one place.
What is “digital organization”?
Reading your notes after class and explaining them in your own words.
Hint: Don’t copy, just explain it like you understand it.
Answer: What is “reviewing and summarizing”?
Reasoning: Explaining in your own words helps you really understand the material.
Repeating information out loud over and over to memorize it is called?
Hint: Think “say it until you know it.”
Answer: What is “rehearsal” or “verbal repetition”?