Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 283 · 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: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
4. 4.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
9. 9.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
15. 15.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time

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