Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 586 · 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: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
14. 14.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
16. 16.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
23. 23.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
28. 28.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
36. 36.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
37. 37.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions

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