Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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