Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 506 · 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.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it is too hard
2. 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
11. 11.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) a reason to stop
12. 12.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) copying the summary
17. 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) copy it neatly (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
22. 22.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or quizzing a friend? (a) reading it again (b) quizzing a friend
25. 25.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or quizzing a friend? (a) glancing at notes (b) quizzing a friend
34. 34.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
35. 35.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or recalling from memory? (a) reading it again (b) recalling from memory
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes

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