Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 455 · 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.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
7. 7.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
9. 9.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
15. 15.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
20. 20.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
23. 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
29. 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
30. 30.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions

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