Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 573 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
18. 18.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
35. 35.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
36. 36.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) read the summary
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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