Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

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

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