Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 526 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
10. 10.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
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 of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
25. 25.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
39. 39.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines

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