Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 45 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
11. 11.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
17. 17.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers

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