Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 851 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
6. 6.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) underline it
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
35. 35.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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