Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 361 · 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: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
30. 30.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
37. 37.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions

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