Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 730 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
19. 19.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
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) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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