Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 497 · 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: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
4. 4.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
13. 13.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) copying the summary
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) reading notes slowly
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
26. 26.🧠 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
27. 27.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) look at pictures
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
30. 30.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
33. 33.🧠 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
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again

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