Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 654 · 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: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
14. 14.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
15. 15.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
17. 17.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 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

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