Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 815 · 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
15. 15.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
18. 18.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
25. 25.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter

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