Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 228 · 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.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
3. 3.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
24. 24.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
40. 40.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book

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