Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 693 · 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: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
25. 25.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
34. 34.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
40. 40.🧠 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

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