Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 37 · 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
3. 3.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
15. 15.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
17. 17.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
21. 21.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary

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