Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 865 · 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) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
2. 2.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 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?”
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
17. 17.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
25. 25.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
27. 27.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump

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