Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 592 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
5. 5.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
14. 14.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
32. 32.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
36. 36.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
38. 38.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly

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