Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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