Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 786 · 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.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
4. 4.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
5. 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
7. 7.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
17. 17.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📖 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
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend

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