Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 528 · 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) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
9. 9.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
16. 16.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
25. 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
30. 30.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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