Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 348 · 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.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
5. 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
13. 13.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
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.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
26. 26.🧠 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?”
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
29. 29.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
35. 35.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
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: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz

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