Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 517 · 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: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
9. 9.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.📖 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
16. 16.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
21. 21.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
22. 22.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
26. 26.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
28. 28.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
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.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap

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