Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 859 · 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) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
5. 5.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
12. 12.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
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 with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
23. 23.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
27. 27.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
34. 34.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again

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