Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 400 · 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) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.📖 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
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
11. 11.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
15. 15.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
19. 19.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
22. 22.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
28. 28.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
29. 29.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
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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