Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 885 · 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) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
7. 7.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
25. 25.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
30. 30.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
37. 37.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend

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