Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 138 · 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 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
2. 2.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
13. 13.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
25. 25.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
32. 32.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
36. 36.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
40. 40.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False

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