Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 735 · 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: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
5. 5.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 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.”
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
39. 39.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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