Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 486 · 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) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
8. 8.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
10. 10.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
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.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
37. 37.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 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

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