Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 54 · 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.📖 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
2. 2.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
5. 5.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
10. 10.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
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.🧠 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
19. 19.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
22. 22.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
26. 26.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
39. 39.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter

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