Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 567 · 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) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
3. 3.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
9. 9.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
18. 18.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
26. 26.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
29. 29.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
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
38. 38.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
39. 39.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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