Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 510 · 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 is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
2. 2.🧠 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
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
4. 4.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) answering a quiz (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
15. 15.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
24. 24.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) write what you know (c) underline it (d) read the summary
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
28. 28.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
32. 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
33. 33.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 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
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud

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