Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 593 · 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: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
28. 28.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
31. 31.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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