Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 605 · 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: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
5. 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
14. 14.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
20. 20.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
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.🧠 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
37. 37.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
40. 40.🧠 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

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