Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 961 · 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.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
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: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
24. 24.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more

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