Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 542 · 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) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
20. 20.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
35. 35.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself

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