Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 946 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
10. 10.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
17. 17.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
39. 39.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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