Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 467 · 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: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
20. 20.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
21. 21.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
23. 23.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory

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