Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 490 · 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 explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
5. 5.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “What do roots do?”
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
27. 27.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) highlight all of it
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 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
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
40. 40.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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