Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 257 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
5. 5.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
6. 6.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
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.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
22. 22.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
30. 30.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers

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