Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 111 · 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: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
6. 6.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
25. 25.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
34. 34.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
37. 37.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump

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