Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 623 · 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) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
4. 4.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
25. 25.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines

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