Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 662 · 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.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
14. 14.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
17. 17.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
22. 22.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
30. 30.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions

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