Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 351 · 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 glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
16. 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
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: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) teaching it to a sibling
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
36. 36.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”

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