Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 589 · 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) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
5. 5.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
18. 18.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
33. 33.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines

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