Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 93 · 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) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
8. 8.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 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.”
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
38. 38.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly

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