Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 366 · 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: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
4. 4.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
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: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
13. 13.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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