Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 597 · 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: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
14. 14.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
23. 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
26. 26.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
37. 37.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself

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