Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 873 · 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: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
4. 4.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
11. 11.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
15. 15.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
23. 23.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
25. 25.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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