Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 706 · 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: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
9. 9.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
14. 14.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
16. 16.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.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
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
30. 30.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary

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