Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 141 · 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: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
19. 19.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
26. 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
27. 27.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
35. 35.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly

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