Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 427 · 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: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) highlighting key lines (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
4. 4.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
7. 7.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.📖 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
19. 19.🧠 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
21. 21.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
27. 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
34. 34.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
36. 36.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review

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