Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 932 · 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: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
6. 6.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
11. 11.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
12. 12.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
20. 20.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
28. 28.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz

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