Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 458 · 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.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
25. 25.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
33. 33.🧠 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.”
34. 34.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
37. 37.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) recalling without notes (c) reading notes slowly (d) copying the book
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
39. 39.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True

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