Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 443 · 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) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
19. 19.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
23. 23.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
37. 37.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines

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