Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 330 · 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: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
4. 4.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) highlighting in yellow
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
12. 12.🧠 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?”
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
16. 16.🧠 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
19. 19.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
20. 20.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) copying the summary
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
32. 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again

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