Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 473 · 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: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
9. 9.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
13. 13.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
18. 18.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
31. 31.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend

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