Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 236 · 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.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
11. 11.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
29. 29.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
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: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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