Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 685 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
3. 3.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
9. 9.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
13. 13.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
29. 29.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
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) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
40. 40.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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