Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 991 · 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) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
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: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
29. 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
39. 39.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions

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