Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 335 · 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.📖 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
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
6. 6.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
11. 11.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
14. 14.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
28. 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
31. 31.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory

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