Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 502 · 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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) read the summary
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
3. 3.🧠 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.”
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
5. 5.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) listening to a recap
6. 6.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it is too hard
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
9. 9.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
11. 11.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) highlighting key lines
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
13. 13.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
18. 18.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
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 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
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
25. 25.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
30. 30.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
40. 40.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall

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