Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 787 · 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 active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
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: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
34. 34.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
39. 39.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow

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