Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 659 · 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: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
2. 2.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
3. 3.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
13. 13.📖 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
14. 14.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
18. 18.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
28. 28.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
31. 31.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book

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