Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 401 · 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) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
2. 2.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
7. 7.🧠 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.”
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
15. 15.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
17. 17.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
35. 35.🧠 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
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: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow

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