Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 678 · 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: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
9. 9.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) underline it
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
28. 28.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
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 is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
33. 33.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again

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