Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 720 · 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: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
7. 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
14. 14.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
18. 18.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.📖 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
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
40. 40.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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