Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 21 · 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: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
2. 2.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
10. 10.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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