Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 77 · 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: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
6. 6.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
10. 10.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
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 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
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
35. 35.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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