Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 370 · 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: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
17. 17.🧠 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.”
18. 18.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
21. 21.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
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.📖 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
24. 24.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
25. 25.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
28. 28.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) teaching it to a sibling
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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