Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 884 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
3. 3.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
6. 6.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📖 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

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