Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 465 · 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: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
24. 24.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
40. 40.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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