Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 470 · 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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
18. 18.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
19. 19.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams

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