Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 282 · 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) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
11. 11.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
18. 18.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
26. 26.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
29. 29.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
37. 37.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
40. 40.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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