Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 992 · 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.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
4. 4.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
35. 35.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
38. 38.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🧠 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

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