Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 440 · 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: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
4. 4.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
13. 13.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
16. 16.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
36. 36.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
38. 38.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
40. 40.🧠 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

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