Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 918 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
9. 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
19. 19.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
34. 34.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes

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