Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 377 · 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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
40. 40.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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