Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 263 · 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) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
8. 8.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
9. 9.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
12. 12.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
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.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
19. 19.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
29. 29.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.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
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 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

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