Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 337 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
19. 19.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
29. 29.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) read the summary
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
32. 32.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory

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