Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 655 · 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 is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
4. 4.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
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 of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
16. 16.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
19. 19.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
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) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
33. 33.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
35. 35.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions

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