Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 535 · 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.🧠 What is active recall? (a) copying the book (b) reading notes slowly (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
2. 2.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🧠 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
7. 7.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
8. 8.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
13. 13.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
15. 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
20. 20.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
22. 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
23. 23.Which of these is passive review? (a) scanning the headings (b) writing it from memory (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) covering the answers
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
26. 26.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
28. 28.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) read it twice more (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) copying the summary (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
36. 36.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
37. 37.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
38. 38.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow

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