Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 1 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
6. 6.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
16. 16.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
19. 19.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
21. 21.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly

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