Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 415 · 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) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
23. 23.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
34. 34.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again

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