Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 239 · 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: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
12. 12.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
15. 15.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
27. 27.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
39. 39.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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