Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 347 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
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 a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
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.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
16. 16.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
28. 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
38. 38.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap

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