Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 478 · 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 is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
12. 12.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) underline it
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
23. 23.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
29. 29.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
32. 32.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud

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