Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 133 · 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.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
8. 8.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
11. 11.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
30. 30.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
38. 38.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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