Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 134 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
15. 15.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
26. 26.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
27. 27.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
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: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory

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