Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 369 · 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 passive review. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
7. 7.🧠 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
8. 8.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
13. 13.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
26. 26.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) read the summary
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
36. 36.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
39. 39.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap

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