Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 532 · 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 gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) copying the summary (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
3. 3.🧠 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
4. 4.🧠 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
5. 5.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
6. 6.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) close it and recall it (b) read it twice more (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
8. 8.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
11. 11.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “What do roots do?”
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) copying the book
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
16. 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
17. 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
19. 19.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) listening to a recap
22. 22.🧠 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
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
25. 25.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or testing yourself? (a) glancing at notes (b) testing yourself
28. 28.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) a blank-page brain dump
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
34. 34.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
36. 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut

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