Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 346 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
4. 4.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
19. 19.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 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.”
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
37. 37.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz

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