Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 269 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
7. 7.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
8. 8.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
10. 10.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
11. 11.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
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.🧠 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
22. 22.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
28. 28.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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