Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 546 · 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: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
5. 5.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering a quiz (d) looking at the diagrams
8. 8.🧠 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
9. 9.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
11. 11.🧠 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
12. 12.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) it uses a pen (d) familiar is not known
13. 13.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
15. 15.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
17. 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
18. 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
19. 19.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) underline it (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) scanning the headings (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or recalling from memory? (a) gazing at the book (b) recalling from memory
33. 33.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
35. 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
36. 36.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) reading the notes again (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering a quiz
40. 40.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False

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