Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 126 · 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.🧠 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
3. 3.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
15. 15.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
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.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
21. 21.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
40. 40.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”

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