Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 380 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
5. 5.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
20. 20.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
23. 23.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
26. 26.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
30. 30.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
34. 34.🧠 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
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or explaining it aloud? (a) gazing at the book (b) explaining it aloud
38. 38.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
40. 40.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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