Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 843 · 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.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
5. 5.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
17. 17.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
18. 18.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
26. 26.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
28. 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
37. 37.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again

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