Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 480 · 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 the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
30. 30.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
31. 31.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
33. 33.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
38. 38.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly

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