Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 537 · 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.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
2. 2.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
4. 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
5. 5.🧠 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
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or highlighting lines? (a) self-made flashcards (b) highlighting lines
7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
11. 11.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
12. 12.🧠 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
13. 13.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or gazing at the book? (a) explaining it aloud (b) gazing at the book
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
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.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
20. 20.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) answering with book shut
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
27. 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) scanning the headings (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
30. 30.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
34. 34.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) highlighting in yellow
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
38. 38.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes

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