Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 132 · 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 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
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
10. 10.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
28. 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter

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