Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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