Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 253 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
4. 4.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
8. 8.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
16. 16.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.🧠 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
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes

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