Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 352 · 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: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
10. 10.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
13. 13.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
40. 40.🧠 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

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