Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 124 · 40 questions

Study tip (Test, don’t re-read): More effective: testing yourself, recalling from memory, explaining it aloud, practice questions, quizzing a friend, self-made flashcards. Less effective: re-reading the chapter, highlighting lines, copying notes neatly, glancing at notes. After reading a page: close it, recall it, check, and fix what you missed.

1. 1.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
18. 18.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) underline it
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
23. 23.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
27. 27.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory

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