Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 230 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
6. 6.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
13. 13.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
30. 30.🧠 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
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.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
40. 40.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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