Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 251 · 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) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
11. 11.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
17. 17.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
27. 27.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut

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