Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 385 · 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) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
11. 11.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
21. 21.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
24. 24.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
37. 37.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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