Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 409 · 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 the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) listening to a recap
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it is too hard
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 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.”
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
22. 22.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) writing it from memory
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
34. 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
35. 35.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) looking at the diagrams
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
40. 40.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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