Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 344 · 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.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
15. 15.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
21. 21.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
39. 39.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards

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