Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 821 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
2. 2.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
8. 8.📖 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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