Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 387 · 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 is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
6. 6.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
10. 10.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
15. 15.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) write what you know
17. 17.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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