Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 281 · 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: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
7. 7.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
10. 10.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
15. 15.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
24. 24.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
25. 25.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
34. 34.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
40. 40.🧠 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

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