Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 148 · 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: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
2. 2.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
8. 8.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
9. 9.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
12. 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
21. 21.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
23. 23.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
34. 34.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again

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