Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 29 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
15. 15.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
20. 20.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
31. 31.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
32. 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
34. 34.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
38. 38.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
40. 40.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it

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