Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 492 · 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 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
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
20. 20.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
33. 33.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
36. 36.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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