Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 285 · 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.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.🧠 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.”
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly

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