Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 89 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
2. 2.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
8. 8.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
12. 12.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
13. 13.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) underline it
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
19. 19.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
21. 21.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary

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