Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 633 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
3. 3.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
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.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
40. 40.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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