Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 199 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
20. 20.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
22. 22.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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