Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 581 · 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 active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
8. 8.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
10. 10.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
30. 30.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz

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