Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 696 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
3. 3.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
10. 10.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
15. 15.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
17. 17.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
32. 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
37. 37.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
40. 40.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”

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