Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 896 · 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) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
5. 5.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
19. 19.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
29. 29.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
31. 31.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions

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