Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 24 · 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.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
7. 7.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
11. 11.📖 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
12. 12.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
19. 19.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) copying the summary
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz

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