Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 368 · 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: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) looking at the diagrams
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
11. 11.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
16. 16.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
20. 20.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
23. 23.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
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: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
40. 40.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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