Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 254 · 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: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
6. 6.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
15. 15.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
35. 35.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow

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