Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 333 · 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
13. 13.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
15. 15.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
22. 22.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
24. 24.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
36. 36.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines

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