Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 131 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
21. 21.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
24. 24.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
33. 33.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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