Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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