Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 565 · 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) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) writing it from memory
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
6. 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
9. 9.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) highlight all of it (c) read it twice more (d) close it and recall it
10. 10.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Read page 12.” (d) “Underline roots.”
12. 12.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or explaining it aloud? (a) glancing at notes (b) explaining it aloud
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) writing it from memory
14. 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
15. 15.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) highlighting in yellow
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
23. 23.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) answering with book shut (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
30. 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or testing yourself? (a) copying notes neatly (b) testing yourself
32. 32.🧠 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
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) scanning the headings (d) highlighting in yellow
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) writing it from memory
36. 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
37. 37.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
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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