Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 46 · 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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧠 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?”
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
7. 7.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
12. 12.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
14. 14.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
21. 21.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📖 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
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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