Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 568 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
17. 17.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
20. 20.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again

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