Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 411 · 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 passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
13. 13.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
20. 20.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
28. 28.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
35. 35.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
39. 39.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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