Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 451 · 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: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
8. 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
10. 10.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
12. 12.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Read page 12.”
13. 13.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) write what you know (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
14. 14.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
27. 27.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
30. 30.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) copy it neatly
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary

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