Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 591 · 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.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
5. 5.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
8. 8.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
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.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
20. 20.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary

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