Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 529 · 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.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
21. 21.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
24. 24.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
27. 27.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers

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