Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 88 · 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: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
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.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 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
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) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
29. 29.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
35. 35.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
40. 40.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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