Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 231 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
4. 4.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
12. 12.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”

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