Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 143 · 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: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
7. 7.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
27. 27.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
28. 28.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
29. 29.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
37. 37.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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