Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 431 · 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: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
3. 3.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
5. 5.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
11. 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
14. 14.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
22. 22.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
32. 32.📖 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
33. 33.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) read the summary (c) underline it (d) look at pictures
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) a blank-page brain dump
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
37. 37.🧠 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
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
40. 40.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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