Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 70 · 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) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
11. 11.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
15. 15.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
17. 17.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
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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