Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 722 · 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) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
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 is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
14. 14.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
15. 15.🧠 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.”
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
18. 18.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
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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