Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 63 · 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: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
9. 9.🧠 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?”
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
24. 24.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
40. 40.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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