Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 424 · 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) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
14. 14.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
27. 27.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
35. 35.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines

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