Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 634 · 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 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
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
5. 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
6. 6.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
15. 15.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
25. 25.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
26. 26.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
30. 30.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
37. 37.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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