Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 268 · 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: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
4. 4.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
7. 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
11. 11.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
15. 15.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) read it twice more
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
17. 17.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
21. 21.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
24. 24.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
26. 26.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
32. 32.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
35. 35.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
38. 38.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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