Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 857 · 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) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
14. 14.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
18. 18.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
24. 24.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
38. 38.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself

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