Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 788 · 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: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
8. 8.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
11. 11.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
17. 17.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
19. 19.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
37. 37.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory

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