Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 622 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
20. 20.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
27. 27.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
36. 36.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory

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