Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 355 · 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: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
6. 6.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
8. 8.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
9. 9.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
18. 18.🧠 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
19. 19.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
24. 24.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
33. 33.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling

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