Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 262 · 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) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
15. 15.🧠 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
16. 16.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
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 of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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