Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 315 · 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: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
10. 10.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
13. 13.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
16. 16.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
36. 36.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend

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