Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 630 · 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: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
4. 4.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
5. 5.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
13. 13.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
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.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
21. 21.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
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 is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
33. 33.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
37. 37.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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