Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 393 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
3. 3.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
8. 8.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
14. 14.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
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.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions

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