Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 670 · 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: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
8. 8.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
10. 10.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
12. 12.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
38. 38.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines

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