Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 551 · 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 a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
10. 10.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
23. 23.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
31. 31.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
36. 36.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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