Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 691 · 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: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
23. 23.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
38. 38.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again

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