Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 314 · 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: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
6. 6.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
12. 12.📖 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
13. 13.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
26. 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
29. 29.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) answering with book shut
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
38. 38.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut

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