Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 175 · 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 explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
2. 2.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
5. 5.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
7. 7.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams

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