Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 499 · 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: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
11. 11.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
14. 14.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
18. 18.🧠 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.”
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
21. 21.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) copying 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
39. 39.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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