Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 76 · 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) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
20. 20.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
40. 40.🧠 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

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