Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 10 · 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: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📖 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
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
6. 6.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
35. 35.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory

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