Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 531 · 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: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
13. 13.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
16. 16.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
18. 18.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
27. 27.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
38. 38.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions

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