Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 42 · 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) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
2. 2.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
4. 4.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
5. 5.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
12. 12.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
26. 26.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
39. 39.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself

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