Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 607 · 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) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
7. 7.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
17. 17.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
20. 20.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 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
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.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory

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