Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 301 · 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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
10. 10.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
14. 14.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 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
18. 18.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
19. 19.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
26. 26.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
27. 27.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
30. 30.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again

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