Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 284 · 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) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
5. 5.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
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: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
28. 28.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
31. 31.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
36. 36.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
38. 38.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself

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