Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 120 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
2. 2.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
9. 9.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 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?”
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
25. 25.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud

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