Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 397 · 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 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
2. 2.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
3. 3.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
7. 7.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
10. 10.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
15. 15.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
25. 25.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
32. 32.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
33. 33.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
36. 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
40. 40.🧠 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

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