Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 52 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
6. 6.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
14. 14.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
17. 17.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
18. 18.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
29. 29.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
32. 32.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap

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