Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 449 · 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.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
7. 7.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
9. 9.🧠 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.”
10. 10.🧠 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.🧠 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
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
19. 19.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) covering the answers
26. 26.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
38. 38.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines

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