Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 459 · 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: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
9. 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
10. 10.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
13. 13.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
17. 17.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
40. 40.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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