Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 404 · 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 passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
6. 6.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
8. 8.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
9. 9.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) reading notes slowly
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
19. 19.🧠 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.”
20. 20.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
22. 22.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
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 active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
31. 31.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering a quiz
35. 35.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
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 testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
38. 38.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud

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