Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 312 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
13. 13.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) close it and recall it
14. 14.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
21. 21.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
26. 26.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
31. 31.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 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?”
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter

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