Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 887 · 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 passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
6. 6.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
16. 16.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
36. 36.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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