Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 968 · 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 disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
26. 26.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
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 of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
37. 37.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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