Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 95 · 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) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
2. 2.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
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 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
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
22. 22.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
27. 27.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling

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