Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 521 · 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: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
2. 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
5. 5.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
8. 8.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
10. 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) scanning the headings
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
14. 14.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
16. 16.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
18. 18.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
25. 25.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
35. 35.🧠 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
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines

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