Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 275 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
2. 2.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
6. 6.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
22. 22.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
25. 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
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 is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.📖 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
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter

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