Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 200 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
27. 27.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
32. 32.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions

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