Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 867 · 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: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
14. 14.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.🧠 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.”
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
32. 32.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
35. 35.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
40. 40.🧠 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

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