Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 811 · 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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
14. 14.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
18. 18.📖 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
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
31. 31.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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