Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 496 · 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: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) looking at the diagrams
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
7. 7.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
9. 9.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
12. 12.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
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: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
24. 24.🧠 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
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
26. 26.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 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
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
30. 30.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
31. 31.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
33. 33.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
34. 34.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it uses a pen (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
40. 40.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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