Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 749 · 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 active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
12. 12.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
20. 20.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
32. 32.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
35. 35.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
40. 40.🧠 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

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