Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 761 · 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) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
13. 13.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
23. 23.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
25. 25.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
35. 35.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut

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