Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 569 · 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 of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
2. 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
4. 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
6. 6.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
7. 7.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) highlight all of it (b) copy it neatly (c) close it and recall it (d) read it twice more
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
9. 9.🧠 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
10. 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or highlighting lines? (a) testing yourself (b) highlighting lines
11. 11.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
14. 14.🧠 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
15. 15.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) reading the notes again
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) answering a quiz
20. 20.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
28. 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
29. 29.🧠 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
30. 30.🧠 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.”
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
32. 32.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or practice questions? (a) glancing at notes (b) practice questions
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) writing it from memory (d) covering the answers
36. 36.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
37. 37.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
39. 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) scanning the headings (d) a blank-page brain dump

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