Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 628 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
4. 4.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
8. 8.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
20. 20.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
38. 38.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions

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