Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 927 · 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) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
3. 3.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
16. 16.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
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: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
38. 38.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes

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