Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 782 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
3. 3.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
7. 7.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
14. 14.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
20. 20.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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