Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 518 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.📖 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
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
14. 14.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
23. 23.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
25. 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
28. 28.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
32. 32.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
36. 36.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary

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