Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 316 · 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: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
19. 19.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
32. 32.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
33. 33.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
40. 40.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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