Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 555 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
5. 5.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
16. 16.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
18. 18.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
22. 22.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
29. 29.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
32. 32.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
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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