Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 158 · 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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
3. 3.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
21. 21.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
27. 27.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
35. 35.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
38. 38.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter

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