Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 450 · 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: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
4. 4.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
12. 12.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
18. 18.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz

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