Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 96 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
26. 26.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
27. 27.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
31. 31.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
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 recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
38. 38.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes

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