Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 872 · 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 a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
5. 5.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
6. 6.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
17. 17.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
20. 20.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
34. 34.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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