Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 444 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
27. 27.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
31. 31.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
38. 38.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) underline it
40. 40.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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