Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 829 · 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: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
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: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
31. 31.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
35. 35.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
37. 37.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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