Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 713 · 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: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
7. 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
34. 34.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
40. 40.🧠 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

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