Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 213 · 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.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
9. 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
12. 12.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
14. 14.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
17. 17.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
18. 18.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
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) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory

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