Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 830 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
3. 3.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
7. 7.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
14. 14.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
21. 21.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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