Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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