Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 402 · 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.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
13. 13.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
19. 19.📖 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
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
39. 39.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions

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