Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 430 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
3. 3.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
8. 8.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
17. 17.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
29. 29.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
31. 31.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly

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