Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 342 · 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 highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
2. 2.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
8. 8.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
28. 28.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🧠 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.”
31. 31.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
33. 33.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
35. 35.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself

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