Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 38 · 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.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
4. 4.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
6. 6.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
20. 20.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
38. 38.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud

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