Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 870 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
10. 10.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
11. 11.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
17. 17.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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