Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 434 · 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.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
6. 6.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
9. 9.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
16. 16.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
18. 18.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
24. 24.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
32. 32.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen

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