Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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