Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 453 · 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: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
24. 24.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
25. 25.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
36. 36.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory

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