Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 13 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
2. 2.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
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 of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
14. 14.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
21. 21.🧠 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.”
22. 22.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
33. 33.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
40. 40.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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