Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 360 · 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: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
9. 9.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
16. 16.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
17. 17.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
22. 22.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key 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: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
31. 31.🧠 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
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 of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
36. 36.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams

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