Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 699 · 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: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
4. 4.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
11. 11.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
20. 20.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
26. 26.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
31. 31.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump

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