Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 488 · 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: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
10. 10.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
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 of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
23. 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
31. 31.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend

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