Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 244 · 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: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
21. 21.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
40. 40.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly

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