Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 612 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
18. 18.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
32. 32.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
38. 38.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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