Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 167 · 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: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
8. 8.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.📖 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
13. 13.🧠 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.”
14. 14.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
28. 28.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
38. 38.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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