Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 203 · 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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
6. 6.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
16. 16.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
22. 22.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
39. 39.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers

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