Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 657 · 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
2. 2.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
5. 5.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
12. 12.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
16. 16.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
21. 21.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
27. 27.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory

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