Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 475 · 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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
6. 6.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
9. 9.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
14. 14.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
17. 17.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) familiar is not known
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
19. 19.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.🧠 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
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
29. 29.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) answering a quiz
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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