Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 331 · 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.🧠 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
3. 3.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
6. 6.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
7. 7.🧠 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.”
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
37. 37.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions

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