Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 379 · 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.🧠 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
15. 15.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
23. 23.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 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
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: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
31. 31.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
39. 39.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
40. 40.🧠 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

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