Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 646 · 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: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📖 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
14. 14.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
20. 20.🧠 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?”
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
36. 36.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions

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