Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 801 · 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: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
5. 5.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
22. 22.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
23. 23.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
39. 39.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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