Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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