Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 724 · 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) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
29. 29.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
33. 33.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
36. 36.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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