Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 215 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
5. 5.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
12. 12.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 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
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.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
35. 35.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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