Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 692 · 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) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
4. 4.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
5. 5.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
11. 11.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
24. 24.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know

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