Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 545 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
2. 2.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
9. 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
16. 16.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
19. 19.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) highlighting in yellow
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) writing it from memory (d) listening to a recap
25. 25.🧠 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
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) teaching it to a sibling
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
31. 31.🧠 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
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
34. 34.🧠 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.”
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
36. 36.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
38. 38.🧠 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
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again

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