Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 705 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
5. 5.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.📖 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
17. 17.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
20. 20.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
22. 22.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
31. 31.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
38. 38.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures

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