Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 363 · 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: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 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.”
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.📖 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
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
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: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
24. 24.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 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
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
40. 40.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) write what you know (d) look at pictures

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