Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 378 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
21. 21.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
22. 22.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
33. 33.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump

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