Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 373 · 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 of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
2. 2.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
28. 28.🔍 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
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
30. 30.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
33. 33.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
37. 37.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
38. 38.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory

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