Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 59 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
2. 2.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
8. 8.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
26. 26.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
31. 31.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
39. 39.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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