Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 906 · 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) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
9. 9.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
35. 35.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
36. 36.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes

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