Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 94 · 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.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) underline it
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
20. 20.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 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.”
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book

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