Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 117 · 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 a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
13. 13.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
25. 25.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
36. 36.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) read the summary

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